Immigration advocates and other critics say money could be better used for other needs of Floridians, instead of “targeting and demonizing” immigrants.
Critics: Money could be better used for Floridians elsewhere
She said the funds could go to more pressing priorities that include “affordable housing, healthcare access and job creation for all Floridians instead of harming immigrants.” Standing behind a podium adorned with a sign reading “Secure Our Border, Secure Our States,” DeSantis outlined his own immigration priorities and denounced the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
The money has yet to used because, according to DeSantis, federal authorities have not sent undocumented migrants picked up at the southern border to Florida.to Washington, D.C., and New York has meant “we haven't seen what I was expecting that we would see” with undocumented immigrants entering Florida.
Because the $12 million is from interest, said Tsoukalas, it doesn’t fall under the same rules as the federal fund itself. Still, she said that the $12 million was “unfaithful to the spirit of the federal aid.” “When we're having to be shifting to the governor playing these political, theatrical games that are aimed outside of Florida, it's hard to focus on what we are best at doing, which is protecting immigrant rights, which is serving the immigrants that provide so much,” Vinent said.
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