DeSantis immigration law causes exodus of migrant workers from Florida agriculture
www.independent.co.uk
State’s key industries like agriculture and tourism are heavily reliant on migrant labour

“We are in dire need of workers, so there is a lot of fear from across the state … that this new law will actually be devastating."

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The sad thing is, the more likely “fix” for this will just be legalizing this insane system of unfairly and illegally-paid migrant workers rather than forcing the ag businesses to offer fair compensation.

    Or they’ll use prisoners.