{"id":123855,"date":"2026-01-19T16:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/123855\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T16:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:05:09","slug":"florida-lawmakers-target-undocumented-workers-amid-push-for-e-verify-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/123855\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida lawmakers target undocumented workers amid push for E-Verify expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A bill aimed at cracking down on undocumented immigrants has passed through the Florida House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The bill requires all employers to use E-Verify, a federal system that checks the immigration status of new workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Supporters assert that the bill will help prevent undocumented workers from obtaining jobs, while opponents argue it will impose a significant burden on small businesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The bill passed the House along party lines.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Currently, an identical bill is pending in the Florida Senate but has not yet been heard by any committee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bill aimed at cracking down on undocumented immigrants has passed through the Florida House. The bill requires&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61478,28,30,9129,29,4215,61477,3901],"class_list":{"0":"post-123855","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-federal-system","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-headlines","11":"tag-florida-house","12":"tag-florida-news","13":"tag-florida-senate","14":"tag-identical-bill","15":"tag-undocumented-immigrants"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}