H1279 Services to Noncitizens

↑Expands immigration enforcement model confidence 95%

Expands E-Verify mandate from private employers with 25+ employees to all private employers, increasing the number of employers required to verify new hires' eligibility and thus expanding state-level immigration enforcement via employment verification.

Beginning on July 1, 2025 2023, all a private employers employer with 25 or more employees shall use the E-Verify system to verify a new employee's employment eligibility as required under paragraph (a).

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↑Expands immigration enforcement model confidence 90%

Increases penalties including license suspension/revocation and fines (deposited in state fund) for employers who knowingly hire unauthorized aliens, and creates a private cause of action for injured parties or next of kin, thereby expanding state enforcement actions tied to federal immigration work

For an employer that knowingly violates this section, the department shall suspend all licenses issued by a licensing agency pursuant to chapter 120 for 1 year and impose a fine not to exceed $10,000.

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↑Expands immigration enforcement model confidence 90%

Prohibits money services businesses from initiating foreign remittance transfers without verifying the sender is not an unauthorized alien, requires recordkeeping, quarterly audits, penalties (25% of transfer amount deposited in state fund), and license suspension for noncompliance, expanding state,

May not initiate a foreign remittance transfer unless the licensee has verified that the sender is not an unauthorized alien as defined in s. 908.111.

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