Bay area community organizers geared toward helping migrants say that a possible work stoppage could start as soon as June 1 in response to a new state immigration law.

What You Need To Know

• A new immigration law recently enacted in Florida has sparked fear and outrage among migrants


• Local community organizer Getulio Gonzalez-Mulattieri says it’s time to organize to fight against the new law


• Republican Rep. Berny Jacques responded by saying: “If they are illegal migrant workers, I welcome their boycott"

Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a new immigration law that requires businesses with more than 25 employees to use E-Verify to check the immigration status of their workers, and levies hefty fines of up to $1,000 per day if they fail to use it.

The new law has sparked fear and outrage among migrants.

According to Florida Health, between 150,000 and 200,000 migrant and seasonal farm workers and their families travel to the state each year for work in the thousands of farms across Florida.

Local community organizer Getulio Gonzalez-Mulattieri says it’s time to organize to fight against the new law.

“We contribute to this economy," he said. "Florida’s economy would not run without undocumented migrants or their family members that may be documented and impacted by this law."

The Chair of the Hillsborough County Democratic party, Ione Townsend, says that the governor's new law is, “another overreach action taken by the governor and his puppet legislature."

“This is just...

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