Julia Conley is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Rights advocates in Florida are warning that several anti-immigration measures will tear at 'the fabric' of the state and risk turning family members against one another as the state GOP seeks to secure votes for Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 presidential election by attacking immigrants across the state.
There is nothing in the bill, said American Immigration Council policy director Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, that would stop the state from prosecuting people who transport their undocumented family members in their vehicles or a bus driver who takes undocumented children to school.
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