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The Tallahassee Democrat reports:
On Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill imposing tough new penalties and restrictions on undocumented immigrants in Florida that, among other things, requires employers to use E-Verify to make sure workers are authorized to work in the U.S. By the weekend, Latin American truck drivers were threatening to stop delivering to and in Florida, according to independent journalist Arturo Dominguez. “Don’t enter Florida,” one trucker said in a TikTok video.
“Spanish language social media has exploded with Latino truck drivers calling for a boycott and refusing to take shipments into Florida,” Dominguez tweeted Saturday. “Things are about to get interesting.” Immigrant advocates said Florida’s approach targets a community already struggling to survive with new criminal penalties and restrictions. Immigrants living in Florida, legally and illegally, represent a huge share of the state’s workforce, leaders added.
Read the full article. As I reported a few days ago, TikTok has been flooded with videos showing farm fields with few workers and construction sites that appear to be at a standstill.
Anti-immigrant policies reap what they sow. DeSantis’ Florida is about to find that out.
The US has such deep needs right now, particularly in labor. Yet policymakers (of ALL stripes) take our immigrant communities for granted.
No más. Time to stop biting the hands that feed. https://t.co/FVGRjDr6BR
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) May 13, 2023
Here’s one (in Spanish): pic.twitter.com/KJKRolszXQ
— Arturo Dominguez ???? (@ExtremeArturo) May 13, 2023
Here’s another one (in Spanish) pic.twitter.com/axhs3PEqYu
— Arturo Dominguez ???? (@ExtremeArturo) May 13, 2023