Calls for suspension of deliveries to and from the state on July 1 spread on social media.
Miguel Vasquez and Christopher Mantei share two things in common: they are truck drivers, and they are worried about animmigration law in Florida that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed last month.
They are part of a wave of truckers, many of whom are sharing messages and videos on social media from other Latino truckers nationwide, threatening to boycott the Sunshine State when the legislation goes into effect July 1.
The one-day boycott, which organizers say may include thousands of drivers, calls for a suspension of deliveries to and from Florida, one of the states with the highest share of intrastate shipments by value, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The transportation industry in Florida generates more than 99,000 jobs held by heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, federal records shows. But like many other fields, the trucking industry has been diversifying its labor force in recent years by employing more foreign-born truck drivers.
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