Immigration Politics - Florida: Trouble in Tallahassee: AZ-style immigration law may not pass

The politics of an immigration crackdown seem to be getting more complicated in states like Florida, Georgia and California where agriculture is big business and migrants are the workforce. Florida also has many Cubans and Haitian immigrants who have "protected status" as refugees.

Trouble in Tallahassee: AZ-style immigration law may not pass - Local News on wokv.com: "It was one of the loudest and largest promises Governor Rick Scott made during his primary fight against former Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, but state lawmakers aren't so sure an Arizona-style immigration reform bill will work in Florida.
Gov. Scott told WOKV Monday that he still supports the effort before speaking in front of a group that actively opposes it, the Florida Police Chief's Association. Scott said there are a lot of issues that need to be addressed in order to enact the law including 'having a work visa program that works for the agricultural industry,' which remains the second largest industry in Florida.
The Association has expressed concern that police officers would become de facto Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers under the proposed law. They also fret about the large population of Cuban and Haitian immigrants that receive special immigration status in Florida, and the time it would take to verify their immigration information in South Florida." Jan. 12, 2011