Migrants, advocates say new Florida law will greatly hurt labor market▼

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Published 119d ago

Mornings in Miami start with a traditional cafecito before Mirella Estrada starts work as a farmworker. "It's complicated, and the buckets are heavy," she said. "Beyond the hot temperatures, you also must be fast." The Mexican mother has been harvesting crops for over 18 years under the hot Florida sun, but now her family's future is uncertain. " Florida  won't have people helping with the harvest," Estrada said. Estrada, along with many undocumented immigrants in Florida, is considering leaving the state in response to Gov. Ron Desantis' new immigration law. Part of the law requires employers with more than 25 employees to use a federal program called  E-Verify  to check the workers' immigration status. Advocates are concerned, as impacts loom across  Florida's agriculture , construction and hospitality sectors. Source