DeSantis' Laws Spark Labor Crisis in Florida, Outrage Erupts

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Florida labor plunge sends shockwaves throughout local businesses.

Critics blame the new labor law, saying it's 'one of the harshest in the country.'

Under DeSantis' landmark immigration law, enacted on July 1, businesses that knowingly hire undocumented workers or refuse to use the E-Verify system risk losing their licenses or paying fines of up to $1,000, or face a penalty for a third-degree felony.

Additionally, the law invalidates driver's licenses issued to undocumented immigrants from neighboring states and mandates that Medicaid-accepting hospitals verify patients' immigration status.

Communities across Florida are coming together to protest the law and help those in need. DeSantis is sealing the faith of hundreds of thousands of people America needs.

The new labor crisis in Florida

Some businesses are already reporting 25% plunges among their workforce.

At least 400,000 immigrants who work in Florida fall on the wrong side of this law. Farming, construction, and sectors of manual work tremble the most.

Immigrant groups opposed the new law in June, and the governor's office informed the Associated Press in a statement, "Any business that exploits this crisis by employing illegal aliens instead of Floridians will be held accountable."

DeSantis, who currently serves as governor of a state with a sizable Latin American immigrant population, has positioned himself as a staunch opponent of immigration as he seeks the presidency.

He went to the US-Mexico border in late June, where he suggested reverting to many of Trump's divisive immigration policies and blamed security problems on the Biden administration.

These measures include detaining migrant families with children for longer than 20 days, completing the US-Mexico border wall, and ending the long-standing practice of releasing migrants into the US before their court dates on potential immigration charges.

DeSantis signed a bill that will update the state's alimony laws after three identical proposals were vetoed and a decade of heated debates over the subject.

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