Florida Places Immigration Enforcement On Businesses

Author: Tim Paynter
Published: April 12, 2011 at 5:11 pm

The Florida legislature seeks to turn business owners into immigration and customs enforcement officers under the proposed law SB 2040.
Businesses that fail to get the new complicated laws right are subject to penalties including loss of their licenses. At the same time, the law protects businesses who wrongfully discharge employees erroneously identified as “not eligible to work in the USâ€