Immigrants fear a new law as advocates, builders try to separate fact from fiction

As a new immigration law is set to take effect in Florida, there are mixed messages about what its impact will be on the state’s key industries and economy.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:00 a.m. June 29, 2023
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Florida’s new immigration law has advocates in the immigrant community worried about potential consequences — intended and unintended.
Florida’s new immigration law has advocates in the immigrant community worried about potential consequences — intended and unintended.
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On a Tuesday morning in early June, a group of construction workers stood outside the Home Depot on North Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa. Standing with them was a 31-year-old man from Honduras named Guillermo.

Guillermo worked with the small crew as it took on projects for contractors across the city and county.

 

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