Expands state criminal penalties and forfeiture for activities tied to transnational criminal organizations that include illegal immigrants, increasing state-level immigration-related enforcement.
creating s. 874.105, F.S.; providing criminal penalties for persons who knowingly initiate, organize, plan, finance, direct, manage, or supervise a hate group's activities, terrorist organization's activities, or transnational criminal organization's activities;
Revises definitions and findings to target transnational criminal organizations and their illegal immigrant participants, enabling broader state enforcement actions including forfeiture.
amending s. 874.03, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "criminal gang" and defining the term "transnational criminal organization";
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill addresses immigration enforcement by expanding state criminal laws, penalties, and forfeiture specifically targeting transnational criminal organizations and their illegal immigrant participants, with no provisions on other tracked topics like firearms, transgender issues, or abortion.
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