How Florida Laws Offer Illegal Aliens A Way To Avoid Entrapment By E-Verify And Work As A Corporation Instead Of As An Employee And Thus Avoid Checks On Legal Status And Deportation.

Google AI | March 23, 2026 | Self

[4Runner]

Undocumented immigrants are increasingly forming Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) in Florida to create a legal mechanism for self-employment, allowing them to work and earn income while navigating stricter employment laws. Florida law allows anyone, regardless of citizenship status, to form an LLC, provided they have a registered agent and a physical address.

Why Illegal Aliens are Forming LLCs in Florida:

Work Authorization Loophole: Federal law prohibits employers from hiring undocumented individuals, but there is no specific law forbidding undocumented immigrants from creating their own company. Establishing an LLC allows individuals to operate as independent contractors.

Response to E-Verify Laws: Following the implementation of Florida SB 1718, which mandated E-Verify for many employers, undocumented workers have faced difficulty in traditional employment, leading them to pursue self-employment via LLCs to bypass these checks.

"Under the Table" Contracting: A personal LLC enables workers to invoice businesses for labor, bypassing the requirement for the hiring entity to verify the worker’s legal status, as they are contracting with another business rather than employing an individual.

Asset Protection & Financial Activity: LLCs permit individuals to obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN) from the IRS using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), which is necessary for opening business bank accounts.

Perceived Legal Protection: Some anecdotal evidence suggests that having business ties and property in the U.S. can strengthen a defense against deportation proceedings.

Who is Advising Them?

Online Business Formation Services: Many LLCs are established through online, automated platforms (such as "Sunbiz," Florida's official site) or specialized services that cater to international/foreign individuals.

These services often highlight that no Social Security Number (SSN) is required to form an LLC.

Immigration Lawyers and Advocates: In response to the 2023 Florida immigration laws, many immigrants began contacting lawyers and advocacy groups to find legal ways to stay and work, with some being advised to switch from employee to contractor status via an LLC.

"Immigrant Entrepreneur" Resources: Organizations focusing on immigrant entrepreneurship, such as Immigrants Rising, provide guides on how to form businesses without legal status.

Important Distinctions & Risks: Legal Status vs. Work Authorization: Although establishing an LLC is legal under Florida business law, it does not provide legal status to live in the U.S. or authorization to work, and the owner can still be deported.

Tax Obligations: Despite their status, owners of these LLCs are responsible for paying federal taxes on income generated.

Future Restrictions: Florida lawmakers have proposed legislation aimed at restricting or reviewing the licenses of non-citizens, which could impact the ability of undocumented individuals to operate under these structures.

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[4Runner]

In our subdivision the absentee owner rental homes go for about $2,500 and up per month. There is a rental home on our street where the man and the woman who lives with him are both individual LLC's--his is for Construction services, hers is for Maid services. The rental house address is the one listed as the principle "place of business" on both LLC's.

Tallahassee has a history of giving with one hand and taking away with the other. So they gave us E Varify, then completely neutered it with an asinine LLC program.

All I can say is there are Red States. And then there are Red States.

[Skywise]

I don’t think this is just a Florida issue. It’s a US wide one, unless there’s some states that verify citizenship of individuals forming corporations but I’ve never heard of such a thing.

[Mark]

One trip to Home Depot MIGHT cause a problem.

[ConservativeMind]

This is everywhere.

That’s why I don’t hire people with their own company and speaking with much of an accent, to do any maintenance or lawn work.

I keep getting them shoving business cards in my door, though.

But if I did, there are a couple who go by “Jesus.”

[FamiliarFace]

I think that this is the way it worked for the illegal CDL driver who killed a man near my town a few weeks ago. He is an owner/operator of a very small trucking company. When he’s gotten into legal trouble, he’s dissolved that entity and opened another under a new name at the same address. He’s done this 7 times, to my understanding.

He had been ticketed for excessive speeding several times, most recently in
January, before he did it again; this time running a red light also, and killing an innocent person. My husband, my friends, or I could’ve been that innocent soul instead of Terry Schultz.

It happened on a main route that I drive several times a week, and that day, my husband would’ve been on that route at that time, but the doctor’s office changed his appointment to later in the day very suddenly. Hubby would’ve been returning at that time on that road if the office hadn’t called to reschedule. I still shudder about it.

[fruser1]

obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN) from the IRS using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)

They're missing a step here.

You can't get an ITIN without a work authorization or green card.

How do they get the ITIN?

Once you have an ITIN, it's no prob to do an LLC. That's not the prob. The prob is an illegal getting an ITIN.

[tennmountainman]

Everywhere?
What other States have a Super Majority in Both State Houses
and a GOP Governor?

[Theoria]

Millions of illegals were authorized to work here under the prior admin. There are tons with a ITIN. I have no idea if they are valid anymore. Seems like a legit area to investigate.