Eva Marie Uzcategui

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2024 - A year after SB1718 immigration law in Florida
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2024 - A year after SB1718 immigration law in Florida
Copyright Eva Marie Uzcategui 2024
Date of Work Feb 2024 - Apr 2024
Updated Apr 2024
Topics Agriculture, Business, Documentary, Immigration, Journalism, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture
Summary
About a year ago, Florida Governor - and then presidential candidate- Ron DeSantis passed one of the toughest crackdowns on immigration in the country.
SB1718 punishes employers who use undocumented labor and forbids undocumented people from having a driver's license.
Many local Florida businesses say the new law has led to workers leaving the state that's hurt their bottom line. "A lot of people are scared," says Sanchez. "A lot of people went north and never came back.
Text by Jasmine Gasrd for NPR
About a year ago, Florida Governor -and then presidential candidate- Ron DeSantis passed one of the toughest crackdowns on immigration in the country.
SB1718 punishes employers who use undocumented labor and forbids undocumented people from having a driver's license.
Many local Florida businesses say the new law has led to workers leaving the state that's hurt their bottom line. "A lot of people are scared," says Sanchez. "A lot of people went north and never came back.
Text by Jasmine Gasrd for NPR
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/26/1242236604/florida-economy-immigration-businesses-workers-undocumented​​​
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