Florida’s new immigration law sparks protests in Tampa

Protesters took to the streets in Tampa and across the state Thursday with a pivotal point in Florida’s history looming on the horizon.

[sunshinencasey]

I think every state should follow Florida laws!

[DonGorth]

The Govoner in Florida is one of the BEST...GREAT JOB. .

[cjgroove]

If you hire someone that is illegal, you should lose your business.

[subicstationditosailor]

Yes they pick fruit but all 10 kids per immigrant are crushing our schools.

[deltabol]

Its very simple people that heir illegales work for way less then normal workers that makes there wages go down. That is the problem this new law is trying to fix. This is for the best in the long run.

[cknorris]

Protesting for a right to break the law. 🤣

[larrybrookins]

I stand with my Hispanic Brothers and Sisters. Boycott Florida

[northstar]

😂everyone in Florida that’s on “disability” will have to get off their arse & work!!

[carrie]

Key word … illegal!! governor desantis thank you !! from New York!!!!

[rhondadavis]

Let’s see we picked oranges and grapefruits when I was six or seven And around 13 & 14 I was picking tobacco blueberries a later pick blueberries again as an adult also at 17 & 18 was loading 8 foot posts on a semi truck also have done yard maintenance & housekeeping….YEAH so Americans can do this work we have done it …how do you think this country got built? we’re talking 100 years or more after slavery Americans did that we did that we built our country. And we are still building it today 🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸

[codmobilevets]

Looks like some uber drivers gonna need a new line of work.

[Misohawnnn]

Even after the laws put in place floridas unemployment rates grew by 1.2%

[RayHowle-jbbi]

If they're not legal they ain't supposed to be here

[erickamejia]

Now nobody can’t complaint about not having a job, get those low paying empty job asap

[Michael-rxji]

Have the people on lifetime welfare who suck the money from the working tax paying people do the jobs with a minimum of 20 hours per week!

[MadTraveler]

"Florida's economy hangs in the balance." What a ridiculously biased segment. Typical. Sorry but not everyone in every country around the world is born with the right to come live here. Try applying legally and if you can't get it, pick another country.

[thania]

The us citizen need those jobs not the immigrants

[S.A.White...]

The problem is that America never INTENDED not to use exploited labor as part of agriculture's business model. Back when immigration laws first started really taking off, agriculture interests lobbied to have no enforcement for immigration laws. That's why Texas, for example, encouraged the forming of volunteer border militias - to give a vent to angry and racist locals who wanted to stop immigrants from crossing the border, without actually providing state funding to stop immigration in any way. For this reason, agriculture will NEVER find enough American citizens to work for what they want to pay. Because what they want to pay is so low it is illegal.

[penny]

Those protesters better be careful because a Florida man might run them over with his car and kill them and he will get away with it

[jasonification]

Florida has a lot of homeless people who could use those jobs. Let's give them a chance.