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House Greenlights E-Verify Expansion Despite Senate Silence

Despite silence from the Florida Senate, the state House approved a bill on Wednesday requiring all private businesses to check their employees' immigration status using a federal database...READ MORE

 

FL Rep. Lindsay Cross: "Yesterday, I stood with FSU students as they shared their harrowing experience during the mass shooting on April 17th. In addition to describing the fear and what they did to protect themselves, they offered recommendations on what we, as a Legislature, can do to protect them."

FL Rep. Alex Andrade: "I prefer AG’s who HAVEN’T committed money laundering and wire fraud with our Medicaid money…"

FL Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith: "SB 1080, the agricultural enclave proposal that paves the way for unchecked residential sprawl has FAILED in the Florida Senate 18 Yeas - 19 Nays."

Gov. Ron DeSantis: "The mission continues. Immigration law must be enforced and FL is leading on working with the Trump administration to get it done."

 

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Trump Admin Continues Suffocating Iran as LNG Exports Are Blocked—By The Floridian's Mateo Guillamont—President Donald Trump continues pressuring Iran amidst ongoing negotiations over the latter’s nuclear weapons development programs. President...

Hialeah’s New Housing Ordinance Tackles Affordability and Growth—By The Floridian's Daniel Molina—The City of Hialeah has introduced a bold new housing ordinance aimed at expanding affordable housing while preserving the city’s working-class identity...

House Greenlights E-Verify Expansion Despite Senate Silence—By The Floridian's Liv Caputo—Despite silence from the Florida Senate, the state House approved a bill on Wednesday requiring all private businesses to check their employees' immigration status...

The Last Squeeze is published by  by Javier Manjarres, Liv Caputo,  and Daniel Molina

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Liv Caputo

Livia Caputo is a senior at Florida State University, working on a major in Criminology, and a triple minor in Psychology, Communications, and German. She has been working on a journalism career for the past year, and hopes to become a successful reporter after graduation. Her work has been cited in Fox News, the New York Post, and the Daily Mail

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