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When immigration is viewed only racially and culturally, limits and legality will never be imposed.  The debate must focus on limitations and lawfulness, otherwise open borders will make the United States a marketplace and not a country.

FLoridians for IMmigration ENforcement (FLIMEN) is a group of concerned Floridians advocating for immigration enforcement.  The group will also strive to eliminate illegal immigration incentives and will challenge the myths and pandering by elected officials and newspapers.  Please consider signing up for free FLIMEN Alerts.

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1) Latest News Section

Will Florida Republican Leadership AGAIN Block E-Verify?

The Florida Legislative session has started in Tallahassee and so far the E-Verify bill has yet to have a hearing in either the House or Senate. 

The E-Verify Bills are: 

HB 1315, House Sponsor Rep. Gayle Harrell 

SB1638, Senate Sponsor Thad Altman

Will Speaker Dean Cannon and Senate President Haridopolos join the long list of Republican leaders who have blocked E-Verify for Florida?  Will Governor Rick Scott again break his campaign promise to help enact E-Verify for Florida businesses?  Final judgment will have to wait until the end of the Session on March 5, 2012 but it appears as though Florida's leaders are again favoring jobs for illegal aliens over jobs for Florida citizens.

You are urged to call and email the key players who decide the agenda:

Message:

Please help get a hearing for HB1315 and SB 1638 in the Senate and House.

You have pledged to make jobs for Floridians your number one priority. Without mandatory E-Verify for all employers there is no assurance that any job you create will go to the legal workers of Florida. Unemployed Floridians should not have to compete with illegal aliens for jobs. Please make enactment of the HB1315 and SB1638, the Verification of Employment Eligibility Act, a top priority and put Floridians back to work, not illegal aliens!

House:

Speaker of the House Cannon, 850-488-2742, dean.cannon@myfloridahouse.gov

House Majority Leader Lopez-Cantera, 850-488-4202, Carlos.Lopez-Cantera@myfloridahouse.gov    

Government Operations Subcommittee Chair Patronis (First House Committee Stop), 850-488-9696, Jimmy.Patronis@myfloridahouse.gov   

   

Senate:    

Senate President Haridopolos, 850-487-5056, haridopolos.mike.web@flsenate.gov

Majority Leader Senator Andy Gardiner, 850-487-5047, gardiner.andy.web@flsenate.gov

Senate Judiciary Chair Anitere Flores (First Senate Committee Stop), 850-487-5130, flores.anitere.web@flsenate.gov 

While the Governor is not directly involved in setting legislative agendas, he can be influential.  Governor Scott won on the issue of illegal immigration and other than requiring E-Verify for state agencies and contractors, he has not been the champion of E-Verify that he promised to be.   Most notably, Governor Scott waited for his grandstand performance on May 4, 2011 to say he wanted legislation, the day after Senate President Haridopolos and his underlings butchered and finally blocked E-Verify.

Governor:

Governor Rick Scott, 850-488-7146, rick.scott@eog.myflorida.com

January 25, 2011

Liberals, Newspapers and Gingrich Go Ballistic over Romney's Pro-Enforcement Position

Summary:

  • Mitt Romney's support of the Attrition Through Enforcement immigration enforcement stategy by using the term "self-deportation" has caused liberals, newspapers and Newt Gingrich to go ballistic with the usual unfounded rhetoric.  
  • Despite all of the 'friendly liberal advice' that Romney will lose the Hispanic vote due to his pro-enforcement positions, Mitt Romney has significant leads in Hispanic votes over Newt Gingrich according to two fresh polls.

At the recent Florida Republican Presidential Debate, candidate Mitt Romney explained his immigration enforcement position as "self-deportation."  The term "self-deportation" has been around for years and has been the foundation of pro-enforcement immigration policy as espoused by all or nearly all of the pro-enforcement immigration groups.  "Self-deportation," also known as "Attritution Through Enforcement," means if immigration laws are enforced illegal aliens will leave and go back home.  For more information visit the 2005 article Downsizing Illegal Immigration: A Strategy of Attrition Through Enforcement.

Unfortunately anti-enforcement immigration factions view only the extremes of mass roundups versus AMNESTY.  "Self-deportation," AKA "Attrition by Enforcement," is actually a compromise solution between the two extremes but of course that doesn't stop the anti-enforcement factions from attributing mass roundups to those who favor the transitional immigration enforcement strategy of Attrition Through Enforcement. 

Links:

January 26, 2010

You are invited to an immigration panel in Orlando on Feb 2, 2012

Thursday, February 2, 2012
5:30-7:30 PM
Orlando Public Library
Albertson Room (3rd Floor)

The event is sponsored by the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Central Florida chapter and co-sponsored by the Orlando Public Library.  The event is free and open to the public.

Speakers include:

    • Paul Bridges, Mayor of Uvalda, Georgia
    • Marty Carpenter, Director of Communications, Salt Lake City, Utah Chamber of Commerce
    • David Caulkett, Founder and Vice President, Floridians for Immigration Enforcement (FLIMEN)
    • Deborah Townsend, Veteran Immigration Attorney & Media Liaison for the AILA Central Florida Chapter
    • Reverend O’Neal Dozier, Pastor of the Worldwide Christian Center of Pompano Beach

FLIMEN expects the panel discussion to be heavily biased toward non-enforcement of immigration laws but Mr. Caulkett and Pastor Dozier will vigorously challenge their contentions.  Adding to the expected bias is a moderator from the Orlando Sentinel.

IF YOU LIVE IN OR NEAR THE ORLANDO AREA YOU SUPPORTIVE PRESENCE WOULD BE APPRECIATED!! 

The Orlando Public Library is located between Rosalind and Magnolia Avenues at 101 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, FL 32801.

January 26, 2012

E-Verify for Florida in 2012!

Your calls and emails are needed.

Because the national government has failed to enact national mandatory E-Verify and because the 2011 Florida Legislative Session failed to enact E-Verify for Florida, Representative Gayle Harrell and Senator Thad Altman have introduced E-Verify for Florida bills HB1315 and SB1638 for the 2012 Florida Legislative Session that starts on Tuesday, January 10, 2012:

HB1315 - Verification of Employment Eligibility
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=48580

SB1638: The Verification Of Employment Eligibility
 http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1638

Florida has an opportunity during the 2012 Legislative Session to establish the principle that Florida must transition to a legal work force.  The best solution to do so is E-Verify because it focuses on the root cause - The Job Magnet.  Floridians must demand that the Senate, the House and Governor adopt the common sense, effective E-Verify provisions.

ACTION ITEM:  CALLS AND EMAILS ARE NEEDED, ESPECIALLY ON JANUARY 10 AND 11TH (TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY)

1.  CALL:

House Speaker Cannon - (850) 488-2742

Senate President Haridopolos - (850) 487-5056

Governor Rick Scott - (850) 488-7146

with your message or the following message:

You have pledged to make jobs for Floridians your number one priority. Without mandatory E-Verify for all employers there is no assurance that any job you create will go to the legal workers of Florida. Unemployed Floridians should not have to compete with illegal aliens for jobs. Please make enactment of the HB1315 and SB1638, the Verification of Employment Eligibility Act, a top priority and put Floridians back to work, not illegal aliens!

 2.  EMAIL:

 a.    Open your email program.

 b.    Copy and paste email addresses into the To field in three separate messages:

dean.cannon@myfloridahouse.gov
 haridopolos.mike.web@flsenate.gov
 rick.scott@eog.myflorida.com 

 c.    Copy and paste subject line in each of the messages:

Enact E-Verify for all businesses this session!

 d.    Copy and paste the messages below or create one of your own into the body of the messages:

Honorable House Speaker Cannon:

You have pledged to make jobs for Floridians your number one priority. Without mandatory E-Verify for all employers there is no assurance that any job you create will go to the legal workers of Florida. Unemployed Floridians should not have to compete with illegal aliens for jobs. Please make enactment of the HB1315 and SB1638, the Verification of Employment Eligibility Act, a top priority and put Floridians back to work, not illegal aliens!

Sincerely, Your Name

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Honorable Senate President Haridopolos:

You have pledged to make jobs for Floridians your number one priority. Without mandatory E-Verify for all employers there is no assurance that any job you create will go to the legal workers of Florida. Unemployed Floridians should not have to compete with illegal aliens for jobs. Please make enactment of the HB1315 and SB1638, the Verification of Employment Eligibility Act, a top priority and put Floridians back to work, not illegal aliens!

Sincerely, Your Name

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Honorable Governor Rick Scott:

You have pledged to make jobs for Floridians your number one priority. Without mandatory E-Verify for all employers there is no assurance that any job you create will go to the legal workers of Florida. Unemployed Floridians should not have to compete with illegal aliens for jobs. Please make enactment of the HB1315 and SB1638, the Verification of Employment Eligibility Act, a top priority and put Floridians back to work, not illegal aliens!

Sincerely, Your Name

  e.    Review and Send:

  Links:

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/jan/06/rep-harrell-brings-e-verify-bill-back-to-this/

 

YOUR HELP IS REALLY NEEDED SO PLEASE TAKE ACTION!!

January 9, 2012

 

E-VERIFY FOR FLORIDA MUST BE ENACTED!

 

E-Verify is about protecting the jobs of legal workers, so there are really only two sides to this issue.  Elected officials support the hiring of illegal aliens or the hiring of fellow citizens. Many Floridians and their families are hurting. They have lost their jobs, they have lost their health insurance, and they have lost their homes.  At the end of the day, if elected officials are unwilling to protect our jobs, then maybe it's time that those elected officials lost their jobs.

Jack Oliver, FLIMEN Legislative Director

 

E-Verify Summary:

1. E-Verify is a highly successful federal program where employers are required to confirm the legal status of new hires.

2. E-Verify effectively addresses the main enabler of illegal immigration -- The Job Magnet.

3. E-Verify has been successfully utilized in about 17 states, many municipalities and more than 238,000 employers who voluntarily enrolled.

4. E-Verify is highly accurate at 98.3%.

5. E-Verify is totally non-discriminatory as all new hires are verified.

6. E-Verify applies the pro-enforcement principal of 'Attrition by Enforcement' which means illegal aliens will self-deport when they cannot hold jobs here. It is also a deterrent to potential illegal entrants seeking jobs.

7. E-Verify covers only new hires which allows employers to phase into legality without drastic upheaval to the employer or industry.

8. E-Verify has improved significantly and will continue to be improved.

9. E-Verify is a modern on-line extension of the I-9 system that has, since 1986, required employers to verify employment eligibility.

10.  The legality of E-Verify was affirmed when the US Supreme Court on May 26, 2011 ruled in favor of the Arizona E-Verify law:

http://www.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/beckr/may-26-2011/ariz-e-verify-victory-us-supreme-court-adds-pressure-house-pass-national-

 

http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2011/05/26/u-s-supreme-court-upholds-e-verify-requirement-on-5-3-vote/

E-Verify Information Links:

Controlling Illegal Immigration: What Ohio and Every Other State Can Do (Heritage)
 E-Verify Demonstration Video (USCIS)
 E-Verify Statistics and Reports  (USCIS)
 E-Verify (DHS)
E-Verify Works (Nationalreview)
 E-Verify: Challenges & Opportunities (Heritage)
 Workplace Verification  (NumbersUSA)

Take a look at an important document describing the social principles and counter arguments to E-Verify at:

Enact E-Verify!

2) Florida's Illegal Alien Hiring Halls Section

Florida Illegal Alien Hiring Halls

As of November 19, 2010 there are two taxpayer-supported illegal alien hiring halls in Florida, one in Jupiter and one in Cutler Bay (Miami).  The Loxahatchee Groves Illegal Alien Hiring Hall still exists but does not receive public funding.  The Lake Worth Illegal Alien Hiring Hall will close effective December 31, 2010 but supporters have vowed to reopen into a non-taxpayer supported facility.  The proposed West Palm Beach Illegal Alien Hiring Hall never materialized.

FLIMEN and many Lake Worth citizens were very active in opposing the Lake Worth Illegal Alien Hiring Hall.  Finally, on October 5, 2010 the Lake Worth City Commission voted to shut down the Lake Worth Illegal Alien Hiring Hall.  The reason being that Lake Worth was nearing bankruptcy and needed the facilities for legitimate services.  FLIMEN VP David Caulkett attended the final hearing and stated:

"The Lake Worth Illegal Alien Hiring Hall is closing because of near bankruptcy, not because of principles. Perhaps if elected officials in Lake Worth and throughout the USA diligently applied principles, we might have a fiscally healthy nation, instead of waiting up to the moment of bankruptcy."

Per Lake Worth labor center told to move out of city shuffleboard building:

LAKE WORTH - The Lake Worth Resource Center must move out of the shuffleboard building by the end of this year, city commissioners decided Tuesday night. Commissioners ended leases for the day-labor center and three organizations that use space in the City Hall Annex in a 4-1 vote, with Commissioner Cara Jennings dissenting.

The Jupiter Illegal Alien Hiring Hall was the first in Florida and is known as the 'El Sol Model' where supporters try to proliferate the 'day labor centers' to other Florida municipalities in a misguided attempt to combat on-the-street job solicitation by unlawfully present foreign nationals. 

Legitimizing illegal hiring by officially sanctioning illegal alien hiring halls is not a solution.  Consider:

  • The effect of hiring illegal foreign workers lowers the wages and benefits of American workers.

  • Significant costs to taxpayers include public education, emergency health care and law enforcement.  See Impacts.

  • Illegal alien hiring halls are exacerbating the problem by providing a job magnet to further the illegal invasion. 

  • The illegal hiring transactions are a federal felony. 

When will the El Sol Plague reach your neighborhood?

The Lake Worth, Loxahatchee Groves and Cutler Bay halls were modeled after the El Sol model.  

El Sol proponents seemingly are seeking to rival McDonald's expansion plans.  Per a September 16, 2006 Palm Beach (Com)Post editorial:

"El Sol has the chance to be the model for Lake Worth, West Palm Beach and cities throughout South Florida that realize the corrosive effects of ignoring a problem that isn't going away."

 

Because the Jupiter El Sol model is a root cause of the proliferations, citizen opponents and FLIMEN have made it a priority to shut down El Sol.  For more information:

November 19, 2010

 

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Revised: January 27, 2012.