2023-06-21 04:13:59
After being signed into law last month by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a new immigration law (SB 1718) goes into effect in the state on July 1, making it the toughest immigration law in the state. USA.
The measures contemplated in this law will affect undocumented immigrants in the workplace, education, health and transportation, prohibiting driver’s licenses from other states, in addition to penalizing the transportation and entry of undocumented immigrants to Florida.
This will be the fines and penalties for transporting undocumented immigrants in Florida
Under new SB 1718, human smuggling is now listed as a punishable offense under the Mafioso Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. According to Section 10. Article 787.07: ‘Trafficking in persons’, the legislation states the following:
“A person who knowingly and knowingly transports to this state a person who he knows, or reasonably should know, has entered the United States in violation of law and has not been inspected by the federal government since his illegal entry of another country commits a felony of the third degree, punishable.”
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In this section, the law does not make a distinction between family members, but it does refer to the transportation of an undocumented migrant across state lines, whether from another state or country. This means that if a person enters the state of Florida with an undocumented immigrant, he would be committing a third degree felony.
Penalties for transporting undocumented immigrants
As for the charges, knowingly transporting an illegal immigrant to Florida will result in 5 years in prison and a $5,000 fine per offense. Transporting five or more illegal aliens, a single unaccompanied minor, or a convicted smuggler will result in a $10,000 fine and a prison sentence of up to 15 years, as they are second degree felonies.
The legislation states that “a person commits a separate offense for each person transported into this state in violation of section 10.” In addition, “a person who is arrested for a violation of this section shall remain in custody until he or she is brought before the court for admission to pretrial release.”
To consult more details of the new immigration law, review the full text in the Florida Senate web portal.
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