General Discussion

Then, when he signed it, all the immigrants stopped coming to Florida.

The state agriculture and construction ground to a halt and people pleaded with immigrants to stay and finish their work and not leave.

F that. F around and find out.

From last year. Around this time. June 2023.

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/07/1180646146/florida-immigration-law-sb-1718-republican-lawmakers

Florida Republicans who voted to pass the state's imminent anti-immigration law are trying to curb a potentially disastrous mass exodus of undocumented residents by touting the legislation's many "loopholes."

GOP Rep. Rick Roth, a third generation farmer, told NPR on Tuesday that state Senate Bill 1718, which goes into effect on July 1, was designed to "scare migrants." But he admitted that he and his colleagues were unprepared for the destabilization it would cause among the state's more established immigrant communities.