Florida announces restrictions on Vermont licenses (from MyChamplainValley.com)

[ificandream]

Montpelier, VT – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the passing of a law that could render driver’s licenses and other forms of identification from several states invalid, including Vermont.

Florida Senate Bill 1718 is considered to be a policy to crack down on illegal immigration, attempting to prevent the use of publicly funded services by those who may not pay taxes.

As of July 1, in addition to Vermont, four other states’ IDs will face extra scrutiny from police, as they may provide forms of identification to applicants who do not give proof of citizenship or legal status:

Delaware
Connecticut
Hawaii
Rhode Island

The law directs Florida police officers to write a ticket to anyone they pull over who has what is now recognized as an invalid license.

Read more: https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-news/florida-announces-restrictions-on-vermont-licenses/

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This makes four states DeSantis has pulled this shit on and there's no reason to believe he won't add to the list. I hope a judge kicks him in the ass for this.

[marybourg]

1. All small states with low population, therefore

relatively few tourists to offend and chase away.

[SunSeeker]

20. Yup. CA issues drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants, yet isn't on his list.

https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/assembly-bill-ab-60-driver-licenses/

[Grokenstein]

2. "Migrants get out! Americans get out!" Next up:

"Floridians, get out!"

[zuul]

3. Wow. He is really hell bent on destroying the FL economy

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As if tourists didn’t already have valid reasons to avoid Florida, Li’l Ronny Pudding Fingers is ramping up the crazy. Way to go, jackass.

[CaptainTruth]

25. I live here & I feel like he hates us. If he cared he'd do something about homeowner's insurance!

[Wuddles440]

4. Just one more reason...

to stay the F**K out of DeSantistan!!!

[Tatertot]

5. Clearly unconstitutional. NT

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. At very least, violation of federal statutes / 50-state agreements. What's next? Marriage licenses?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Th full faith and credit part of the constitution will be invoked

Deathsantis is an idiot to think that this law will survive challenge

Link to tweet

[Cha]

8. Thanks, LMPV/DeathSentence..

Link to tweet

[Cha]

7. I don't get this.. deStupid thinks

cars with these License Plates are bringing in immigrants to the his Fascist State?

Like anyone with a Hawaii license plate is going to be driving to Florida.

What the actual fuck?

[bottomofthehill]

26. Not license plate, license.

He is making it illegal for people from 5 states to drive in Florida. Wow.

[Cha]

28. Oh Drivers License! OMG WTAF Again!

I'm flying to Florida the last of September to go to my Nephew's Wedding.. I don't drive though.. be taking an Uber or someone will pick me up at the Tampa Airport.

This is Absolutely Crazy! amazing the little fucking dictator doesn't have NY on that LIST>

TY!

[bottomofthehill]

34. Either way you slice it, it's nuts

[FakeNoose]

9. Presumably someone from Vermont could fly to Florida and rent a car

In that case, how would a policeman know the driver was from Vermont or one of the "forbidden" states? The rented car would have Florida tags, am I right?

[iscooterliberally]

15. Rented cars in Florida do not neccesarily have Florida tags on them.

In fact most of the cars I have rented in South Florida have had out of state tags on them. I rented a small pickup a couple of months ago and it had TN tags on it. Rental cars get moved all around the country. I doubt that the rental car companies are going to like this one bit. I'm sure they'll bring this mess to court and have it all tossed out.

[cos dem]

18. You wouldn't be able to rent a car in Florida with a Vermont drivers license.

Drivers licenses are checked when you rent a car.

Hope this blows up in his face, bigly. What a disaster of a state!

[Cha]

29. YES.. BLOWS UP BACKFIRES!!

deSadist

[Mopar151]

10. I know several Vermonters who drive their VT registered cars to Florida.

Florida is on their last nerve at this point, anyway.

[machoneman]

11. Off the Deep End - welcome Ron Desatan!

[Old Crank]

12. You know the cops

Will not be pulling over whites.
Some one needs to get a ticket and sue FL for a years budget.

[jmowreader]

14. Well, you know what's gonna happen...

"The State of Hawaii no longer accepts Florida driver's licenses as identification for travelers desiring to enter the state. Persons in possession of Florida driver's licenses will be denied entry into the state unless they present an acceptable form of ID, such as a passport or a valid contract with a moving van company for relocation out of Florida, at the agricultural checkpoint at any of Hawaii's airports."

[erronis]

23. That would be perfect. Floridians flying into Honolulu denied entrance.

Be put in a holding cell and put on the next plane back to Florida. No way - no lei; no vacation or business trip.

Now if the rest of the US states did that to specific Floridians.

[IronLionZion]

16. Not New York and New Jersey?

because he wants their tourist money. I'm sure tourists come from everywhere, not just red states.

[flashman13]

17. Hey, I don't want to get all legal here, but FL's ban in unconstitutional. As in:

Article IV, Section 1: Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State.

In large part that was a major driver behind replacing The Articles of Confederation with The Constitution.

Clearly DuhSatin is a dumb fuck!

[IbogaProject]

36. And he supposedly has a law degree from Yale?

He doesn't care if the law gets struck down as he will claim, "activist judges overturned our common sense law".

[tornado34jh]

19. Make this a point in the campaign

If I were Joe Biden or any other Democratic candidate, I would hammer these points home. Of course, you need to vote, but we need to start being more aggressive. We can't let the other side dictate the messaging, which they have done a lot, and it has worked. I don't think Ron DeSantis is as stupid as you might think, I know here in Lakeland a lot of people like him. He probably will try to get a lot of support from other red states if he hasn't already.

[Glaisne]

21. Like I would ever pay such ticket

though I'm never going to FL anyway.

[yonder]

22. Years ago, weren't FHWA funds withheld from states

that weren't complying with the minimum drinking age of 21? Or maybe it was compliance with BAC level standards of less than .08%. I forget.

Couldn't the same be done in this case?

[ET Awful]

24. To do this would interfere with interstate commerce - that's federal jurisdiction.

Pretty shaky legal ground there Rhonda.

[CaptainTruth]

27. "crack down on illegal immigration?" That's utter BS.

If you look at Florida resident & visitor numbers, the number of visitors is about 5x the number of residents. Tourism is FL's #1 industry.

DeFascist is literally trying to destroy Florida, & every Democrat who runs away is helping him. I'm not running, I refuse to help that fascist.

[Cha]

31. Yeah, I don't blame those who

want to get out of that Fascist Fuck's state..

But my sister and her family are in Gainesville and my Nephew and his wife to be are in St Pete. Don't think those Dems are going anywhere.

I'm going to fly into the Tampa Airport the last of September for my Nephew's wedding.. guess I'm glad I don't drive anymore and won't be renting a car.

[deurbano]

30. As others have mentioned, he's focusing on smaller states. What is his stated justification

for that? I mean, I get this is part of his fascist, campaign theater... and I can't imagine he actually wants to keep out too many of the tourists/snowbirds the state relies on... but has there been some attempt at an explanation for (at least, initially) targeting just these four states?


https://www.ncsl.org/immigration/states-offering-drivers-licenses-to-immigrants#:~:text=These%20states%E2%80%94California%2C%20Colorado%2C,as%20a%20foreign%20birth%20certificate%2C

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws to allow unauthorized immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. These states—California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Washington—issue a license if an applicant provides certain documentation, such as a foreign birth certificate, foreign passport, or consular card and evidence of current residency in the state.

[CaptainTruth]

32. Imagine this scenario: A person from one of those states flies to FL on vacation, then...

...when they go to the airport to fly back home they're told their driver's license is not considered a valid form of ID in FL... so... they're prevented from boarding the plane. They're stuck.

I guess they try to rent a hotel room for a while & try to have someone "back home" mail them something that's recognized as valid ID in FL???

This is one of 1,000+ reasons why I'm staying & fighting this mthr fckr.

[world wide wally]

33. When does DeFuckhead plan on having Florida secede from the US?

[yonder]

35. Won't be long till there's nothing left to secede.

No one left and underwater.