Florida Immigration Laws

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    The governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, recently implemented new laws around immigration. These laws were put in place in order to restrict immigration and have more background checks on immigrants currently living and working in America. This issue has gotten significant backlash for two main reasons. First off, people believe that the immigrants deserve to be here even if they may not have the proper documents. This is because they essentially live as Florida citizens and have built communities and families here. The other issue with the law is that there will almost definitely be economic consequences. The restriction of immigration will cause a drastic decrease in the labor supply. This will ultimately lower production and hurt the economy as a whole. However, there is a contrasting idea that individual Americans may actually benefit from an economic standpoint. This is because the decrease in immigration will open more opportunities for those already living in America. This comes from a decrease in scarcity and a decrease in job competition. Hence, the economy may be hurt from an overall growth standpoint, but individual Americans could possibly benefit. DeSantis backs this counterpoint and also states that immigration laws have always been in place and he is simply enforcing them now. To him it is simply a political issue of legality. It is a tricky situation because technically speaking illegal immigration should not be acceptable; however, immigrants have been a significant part of our economy for a long time now, and these restrictions could end up being very harmful.

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