South Florida laborers feeling nervous over proposed immigration bill
A proposed bill that would ban undocumented immigrants from soliciting jobs in public places leaves some laborers feeling uneasy.
BY ALFONSO CHARDY
ACHARDY@ELNUEVOHERALD.COM
Every morning, laborers from various Latin American countries gather in the parking lot of the Bird Road shopping center near Southwest 112th Avenue and wait for contractors to hire them for a day.
Similar scenes take place every day in hundreds of places in Florida. Yet all of that will disappear if a bill to be debated in the Legislature in March finally passes.
The bill would forbid laborers without an immigration status to gather in public places to be hired. It would also allow the police to investigate the immigration status of anyone detained.
Last Friday, five laborers interviewed in the parking lot of the Bird Road shopping center spoke about the impact the measure could have.
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