FL S2040

One-stop career center staff must use the federal E-Verify Program to verify employment eligibility of workers referred to employers, with exceptions for online referrals and notice requirements to employers about the exception.

State and local agencies administering public benefits must verify applicant eligibility through the federal SAVE Program, prohibiting benefits to aliens who are not qualified aliens, nonimmigrants, or paroled for less than one year.

Law enforcement agencies with custody of arrestees must make reasonable efforts to determine lawful presence status, including fingerprint checks against federal databases coordinated through the Department of Law Enforcement, with unlawful presence creating a rebuttable presumption of flight risk for bail determinations.

The Department of Corrections must release nonviolent criminal aliens prior to sentence completion to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody upon receipt of a final removal order, with releasees placed under conditional supervision with requirements not to return to the United States.

Violation of conditional deportation release requirements results in mandatory return to prison with no eligibility for discretionary release except through gain time earned after reincarceration.