“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."
No one could have predicted this /s
Oh looky there, if it isn’t the consequences of their actions! 🫣I’m only worried about all that food that will rot in the fields, Florida farms feed a lot of people… good for the immigrant workers saying F this and leaving the state though, more power to them and I hope they all find better alternative employment in more friendly parts of the country.
Don’t say immigrant
Perhaps the best thing would be to say “illegal immigrants”
The majority of legal immigrants know the struggle to become citizens, but also don’t want to feel like they wasted time because of what’s happening currently.
“You want to come to the United States? Go for it, just do it by the book”
There is no such thing as an “illegal immigrant” in this country. It is not illegal to be in the US without papers, no matter if you entered legally or not. And “entering legally” means going through a checkpoint. You have to do that regardless of whether you’re a citizen or not. Plenty of undocumented immigrants enter legally and then overstay their visa, which is not a crime in the US. It’s literally not part of the criminal code.
Er, people absolutely do enter through non-checkpoints. And it is a crime, though IIRC it’s a misdemeanor. At least argue in good faith.
“Do it by the book” when your life is in danger is supposed to be coming to the border and requesting asylum. And these days, that means “fuck you, go back and die.”
Is this the “find out” part?
I think this is the “find out” part.
The best part will be when they find out that local floridians absolutely will not work for the same wages, and in many cases any wage, for the same labor. Similar actions in the past have left crops rotting in the fields because no one wants to harvest them. This incident in california comes to mind although of course that was nowhere near as harsh…
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.
Like, I love seeing Desantis hoisted by his own petard here, but also… it should not be legal to exploit undocumented workers. If these workers are necessary to make the economy function, something is wrong with the economy. Which is definitely true for the US agricultural economy.
Much like with Reedy Creek, he’s doing the right thing in the stupidest way possible and for the absolutely wrong reasons.
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.
Legalizing immigrants means they can’t get deported for fighting back or trying to quit. And having no choice is the #1 requirement for exploitation.
