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June 2, 2023

Workers Protest Florida's Latest Anti-Immigrant Law Targeting Farm Laborers
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Thousands of immigrant workers walked off their jobs across Florida
Thursday to protest a draconian anti-immigration bill signed by
Republican Governor Ron De Santis that's set to take effect in July. The
new law imposes harsh penalties on certain employers who don't check
their workers' immigration status, among other measures. In Immokalee,
farmworkers and their families led a march denouncing De Santis as part
of nationwide protests dubbed "A Day Without Immigrants." This is an
undocumented farmworker who kept her identity concealed as she spoke at
the protest.

Farmworker: "I ask the governor to have, above all, a conscience. All
the vegetables and food that arrive at your table go through the hands
of an immigrant. And that is all I can say. As mothers, as women, we are
honest people who only come to fight for a better future for our
family."



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