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Florida Latino religious groups alarmed by DeSantis-backed immigration bill
Backlash from Latino evangelicals and other individuals who minister to immigrants is growing from a bill that would make it a felony to transport persons who might be in the region devoid of authorized position. The legislation is aspect of an immigrant crackdown by Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republicans in the condition. But the bill’s transportation provision has spiritual leaders and groups apprehensive about how they will carry out their pastoral operate and live their beliefs. The monthly bill, SB1718, proposed by Florida state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia of Spring Hill, incorporates a provision producing it a 3rd degree felony for any individual who “Transports into or in just this condition…
