2023-06-02 01:10:08
Hispanic families and local activists speak out in support of the immigrant community in the state of Florida.
This is due to the new strict immigration laws promulgated by the governor of that state Ron DeSantis.
A small, but passionate, group of protesters took a position today in the heart of the city of Coachella.
With banners in hand and chanting slogans, they walked along Sixth Street to denounce the new immigration laws in Florida.
“My Purépecha brothers who are in Florida are very afraid, they think they are going to take them out,” said Silvia Esteban, who participated in the event.
Esteban arrived with his six-month-old son.
Speaking in his native language, he sent a message of hope to his Purépecha friends and family who work in Florida.
“Some do not have money to move and there they have their lives, their houses, their things, their children,” said Esteban.
Under the new law Signed by Governor Ron DeSantis that goes into effect on July 1: It will be illegal to transport or harbor immigrants who do not have legal status,
It also increases the fines for companies that hire those who do not have permission to work legally, and doctors will have to ask for the immigration status of patients.
“Our hearts ache, we cry impotently that we cannot bring more wisdom to our brothers in Florida,” said Jose Garduño of the Coachella Valley Latino Committee.
Garduño calls the nine laws in Florida discriminatory.
“Here we from the Coachella Valley are in solidarity that they are not alone, continue fighting so that we have respect for everyone,” said Garduño.
Protests like these took place throughout the country while in Florida a work stoppage was called under the slogan ‘A Day Without an Immigrant’.
“What we say to Florida is that ‘you are missing out,’ you are the ones who are going to lose because you are going to lose the strongest workforce,” said Luz Gallegos, the executive director of the TODEC Legal Center.
The new anti-immigrant law in Florida reminds activist Luz Gallegos of Proposition 187 of the 90’s in California, which sought to deny services to the undocumented.
“What hurts them, hurts us, damage once morest them is damage once morest us, we know in advance what racism feels like, how discrimination feels,” because we have experienced it in California, Gallegos said.
A united community, shoulder to shoulder, with a single goal: that their message reach the ears of the Governor of Florida.
“They only come here to work to give their family a better life, they don’t come to take anyone’s job,” said Esteban.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has publicly said the law is mandatory to encourage businesses to hire citizens and legal immigrants.
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