Church-Business Alliance Lines Up 189 Opponents to Florida Immigration Bills

The opposition to immigration legislation comes from more than migrants chanting and prayer at the Capitol -- though the chants and prayers are clearly orchestrated.

A document obtained by Sunshine State News lists 189 national and Florida-based organizations and individuals that have "stated their concern for the ramifications of the recently proposed anti-immigration laws in Florida."

Members of the "We Are Florida" consortium range from the Chamber of Commerce to a variety of "faith" organizations and three current and former law-enforcement officers.

By failing to distinguish between legal and illegal immigration, "We Are Florida" has blurred the debate over pending legislation that would tighten private-sector hiring through use of the federal E-Verify database.

And by mobilizing migrants -- some of them admittedly here illegally -- the Judeo-Christian-business alliance has turned up the heat on lawmakers ... which explains the ongoing delays in considering immigration legislation.