Florida and New York Heading In Different Directions Regarding Undocumented Immigrants

Today's guest hosts are Charlotte Hancock, Communications Director for Generation Progress, and Brent Cohen, Executive Director of Generation Progress and the VP of the Center for American Progress.

They are joined by a pair of guests as they discuss two states, Florida and New York, that are going in different directions regarding undocumented immigrants that live there.

Their first guest is Thomas Kennedy, Political Director for the Florida Immigrant Coalition.  He discusses the Florida House passing a bill banning so called 'sanctuary cities,' and the chilling effect it could have on the state.  For some background, according to a new NAE study, 85.8 percent of undocumented immigrants in Florida are of working age (ages 16-64), and pay $1.7 billion each year in taxes. SB 168 could result in a 10 percent immigrant exodus from Florida to deliver an annual loss of $121.4M in taxes and $3.5B in GDP."

Thomas's Twitter handle is @tomaskenn and the handle for the Florida Immigrant Coalition is @FLImmigrant

 

The second guest is Monica Sibiri, Co-founder of CUNY Dreamers.  After helping pass the New York 'Dream Act,' she's now working on passing legislation that would allow undocumented people to get driver's licenses.  That's the topic that Charlotte and Brent discuss with her during today's show.

 

Monica's Twitter handle is @MonicaSibri.

Charlotte Hancock's Twitter handle is @CharlatAnne and Brent Cohen's handle is @BrentJCohen.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.