The Florida immigration law is known as SB 1718, and it includes provisions such as prohibiting the issuance of identification documents without proof of lawful presence, invalidating certain out-of-state driver’s licenses, patient immigration status data collection in hospitals, invalidating authorization for admission of unauthorized immigrants as attorneys, employment eligibility verification and compliance for private employers, penalties for employment of unauthorized immigrants, criminal penalties for identity fraud and misuse of documents, criminal penalties for transporting, concealing, harboring, or shielding unauthorized immigrants, cooperation with federal immigration agencies, and DNA sample collection from qualifying offenders, including immigration detainees.
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