Florida’s Tea Party activists say they will accept nothing short of requiring E-verify for every

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every employer.

Florida legislators backing away from hotly contested immigration reforms

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2011/09/leglislators-backing-away-from-.html

Can Florida legislators turn their backs on immigration reform?

That is the question hovering over Republicans this week after Rick Perry’s performance in last week’s presidential debate and the results of the Florida straw poll, which show that being soft on the issue can imperil Republicans strapped to a primary.

Florida’s Tea Party activists say they will accept nothing short of requiring every employer to check the immigration status of their workers through the federal E-verify program in January when legislators convene in regular session. But armed with the support of Florida’s powerful agriculture and business groups, the same legislative leaders who last year promised Arizona-style immigration reform are now barely offering tentative support for it.

The change of heart comes at the same time legislators are entering one of the most precarious election seasons in a decade. Because of reapportionment, every lawmaker must run in a newly-drawn district and, in some cases, answer to interest groups, ethnic groups and constituents they have not served before. The solution suggested by some Republican leaders is for the Legislature to do nothing now.

Teabaggers versus agricultural/business groups. Let's hope they weaken each other.

And the republican politicians answer to immigration - do nothing.

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1. See, they hate "regulating businesses" unless they're for it

what a piece of work those idiots are.

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2. It will be interesting

Seems like most of the "hard line" republicans the ones that speak out the most on immigration, are not really behind using the e-verify system. Probably because so many of them get money from the big ag guys who love the "illegals" because they can, and have exploited them for years. Seems like republicans "always" talk big about illegal immigration, but NEVER do anything about it. Now that the tea party crowd is make "demands" that they back e-verify, it will be interesting to see how they get out of this situation of pleasing the big money they want so bad, or ticking off the tea party they who they are scared will run primary challengers against them next year!

Let the games begin!