DeSantis' Batshit National Immigration Plan
The Florida of today is the United States of tomorrow if we are not careful and DeSantis wants to bring the state's harsh anti-immigrant policies to the federal government
DeSantis released an unhinged immigration plan. It includes ending birthright citizenship, mass detention of people, and suggested military action against Mexico. He continued to describe immigration as an invasion, a white nationalist talking point.
Let's go over the details:
Ending birthright citizenship. DeSantis says the plain reading of the 14th Amendment is “inconsistent with the original understanding” and he would “force courts and Congress to address it." He doesn’t elaborate how.
DeSantis claims that he will pay for the border wall using tax remittances from undocumented people and penalize countries that attempt to evade collection. How he will collect this money while attempting a mass deportation program (which is also in his plan) is not explained.
DeSantis proposes a mass detention program at the border while people await asylum cases to be determined. This will lead to thousands of people held by the US govt for an indefinite amount of time when they could otherwise be working, paying taxes, and living fruitful lives.
As I mentioned, DeSantis proposes a mass deportation program that is pretty vague on how broad it would be but it's implied that anyone living unauthorized in the U.S. would be targeted. He includes people with overstayed visas, which is how I came to the United States.
DeSantis said he would authorize deadly force against cartel operatives and drug traffickers. When asked by a reporter to detail how far reaching this policy would be, DeSantis implied it could be used against any migrant, saying, “of course you use deadly force."
DeSantis also seeks impose penalties on jurisdictions that have welcoming policies for immigrants by cutting off “hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to them.”
DeSantis will continue gutting the asylum system, which is something unfortunately done by both sides of the political spectrum, although DeSantis promises to go further. He plans to block most asylum cases and force people to remain in Mexico while their cases are reviewed. He also threatened harsher punishments for migrants crossing without authorization.
One of the most insane aspects of his plan is DeSantis' belief that the U.S. military has “the right to operate across the border to secure our territory from Mexican cartel activities.” This would obviously violate Mexico’s sovereignty and could constitute an act of war.
There's a lot more crazy shit on this plan but those are just some of the things that stood out to me. DeSantis is dangerous and should be nowhere near the presidency.