LogFAQs > #972232925

uwnim posted...

Hmm, reading it, if you give rides for a living, having procedures to minimize what you know about your customers would probably be a good idea. By having business practices that establish it would not be reasonable for you to know the immigration status, you would be safe from prosecution.

You would think so, but I've worked on a case within the last year where a federal judge held the opposite with respect to housing. The judge ruled that even though landlords don't check for immigration status, are not required to check, and even though the government knowingly rents to undocumented immigrants, it's potentially illegal to rent without checking immigration status.

There's no doubt that Florida will ask for the same analysis and that there are judges in Florida and the 11th Circuit willing to reach that conclusion. And whatever they decide will apply to housing, sheltering, transportation, and employment.