Senate Bill 2040 is moving forward FAST. It passed the Judiciary committee, skipped the Criminal Justice committee, and is up for a vote in its LAST committee (Budget Committee) THIS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13.
Let's not be like Arizona - please take 10 minutes to help.
This bill will increase racial profiling, mandate employers to use E-verify (a flawed employer ID system) and will increase unfair detention and deportation of innocent immigrants. SB2040 will open the flood-gates for more anti-immigrant laws as other Senators tag their anti-immigrant bills onto the first one to gain traction. In less than a year, an anti-immigrant law already has cost Arizona more than $90 million in lost convention and tourism business. Florida would suffer the same consequences.
Tell the Senators that SB 2040 will devastate Florida's economy, starting with tourism, agriculture, and international trade businesses. Every Floridian will suffer the consequences. Instead, Senators should work with Florida's congressional delegation to reform the nation's dysfunctional immigration system at the federal level.
Please encourage the committee to vote NO on SB 2040 and make sure to identify your county.
Call State Senate President Mike Haridopolos first
(850) 487-5056
-AND-
Call the Senators on the Budget Committee that will be voting on this bill Wednesday:
Chair: Senator JD Alexander
(850) 487-5044
BREVARD COUNTY
Senator Thad Altman (R-Melbourne)
(850) 487-5053
PALM BEACH COUNTY
Vice Chair: Senator Joe Negron
(850) 487-5088
Senator Ellyn Bogdanoff (R-West Palm Beach)
(850) 487-5100
Senator Lizbeth Benacquisto (R-West Palm Beach)
(850) 487-5356
BROWARD COUNTY
Senator Ellyn Bogdanoff (R-West Palm Beach)
(850) 487-5100
Senator Eleanor Sobel (D-Hollywood)
(850) 487-5097
PASCO COUNTY
Senator Mike Fasano (R-New Port Richey)
(850) 487-5062
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
Senator Anitere Flores (R-Miami)
(850) 487-5130
FLORIDA PANHANDLE
Senator Don Gaetz (R-Destin)
(850) 487-5009
Senator John Thrasher (R-Jacksonville)
(850) 487-5030
Senator Stephen R. Wise (R-Jacksonville)
(850) 487-5027
CENTRAL FLORIDA
Senator Alan Hays (R-Volusia)
(850) 487-5014
Senator Evelyn J. Lynn (R-Ocala)
(850) 487-5033
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
Senator Arthenia L. Joyner (D-Tampa)-THANK HER FOR HER AMENDMENT
(850) 487-5059
MADISON COUNTY
Senator Bill Montford (D-Tallahassee)
(850) 487-5004
COLLIER COUNTY
Senator Garrett Richter (R-Naples)
(850) 487-5124
SEMINOLE COUNTY
Senator David Simmons (R-Altamonte Springs)
(850) 487-5050
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