HOMESTEAD, Florida — Farmworkers didn't show up to work, plant nursery owners closed for the day and many businesses didn't open to the public in a show of solidarity.
A national boycott dubbed “Un Día Sin Inmigrantes,” or “A day without immigrants,” took place Thursday as a protest against a Florida immigration law scheduled to take effect in July.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who recently announced he's running as a Republican presidential candidate, last month signed into law SB-1718, which includes penalties for certain employers if they don't verify a worker's immigration status and for those who transport people who are undocumented, among other provisions.
It also requires Florida hospitals that accept Medicaid include a citizenship question on forms, thus discouraging many immigrants from getting medical care.
Driving to Immokalee for the 4pm march against Florida’s anti-immigrant law and I’m already seeing groups of people gathered to protest pic.twitter.com/l3IogiuL1s
— Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn) June 1, 2023
“Who’s to blame? Only the governor, because he stirred a hornet’s nest he shouldn’t have gotten involved with,” said William De La Cruz, whose Eagle Nursery in Homestead closed its doors Thursday.
“[DeSantis] also eats from the produce that immigrants pick,” the owner told Noticias Telemundo in an interview.
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