/tags/undocumented-migrant-workers undocumented migrant workers en-US WLRN Sun, 08 Mar 2020 13:00:12 GMT /2020-03-08/oliva-florida-senate-e-verify-plan-un-american House Speaker José Oliva on Saturday blasted a plan that would give Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration the power to randomly audit private businesses to... Sun, 08 Mar 2020 13:00:12 GMT /2020-03-08/oliva-florida-senate-e-verify-plan-un-american News Service of Florida /2019-12-15/senate-president-balks-at-governors-e-verify-proposal Gov. Ron DeSantis wants all Florida businesses to use a system to prevent undocumented immigrants from getting jobs in the state, but a powerful... Sun, 15 Dec 2019 20:22:17 GMT /2019-12-15/senate-president-balks-at-governors-e-verify-proposal Ana Ceballos/News Service of Florida /2019-11-25/florida-governor-ron-desantis-wants-all-employers-to-use-e-verify Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is calling on state lawmakers to further crack down on undocumented immigration by mandating the use of E... Mon, 25 Nov 2019 21:53:04 GMT /2019-11-25/florida-governor-ron-desantis-wants-all-employers-to-use-e-verify Blaise Gainey /2019-08-21/employers-struggle-with-hiring-undocumented-workers-you-cannot-hire-american-here Unauthorized immigrants often do manual, low-paying jobs, and employers say they have no choice but to hire them. But the White House and advocates for lower immigration say the law is the law. Wed, 21 Aug 2019 09:00:45 GMT /2019-08-21/employers-struggle-with-hiring-undocumented-workers-you-cannot-hire-american-here John Burnett /2018-02-07/florida-bill-seeks-to-stop-arrests-of-injured-immigrant-workers The bill follows an investigation by ProPublica and NPR, which found that insurance companies were turning in undocumented immigrants who were injured on the job. Wed, 07 Feb 2018 17:42:51 GMT /2018-02-07/florida-bill-seeks-to-stop-arrests-of-injured-immigrant-workers Howard Berkes, Michael Grabell /npr-breaking-news/2017-08-24/florida-lawmakers-to-review-law-targeting-injured-undocumented-workers Employers and insurers were using the statute to deny workers' comp benefits, an NPR and ProPublica investigation found. Republican state Sen. Anitere Flores is now calling for action. Thu, 24 Aug 2017 12:01:00 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2017-08-24/florida-lawmakers-to-review-law-targeting-injured-undocumented-workers Howard Berkes, Michael Grabell /npr-breaking-news/2017-08-16/they-got-hurt-at-work-then-they-got-deported A joint investigation by NPR and ProPublica shows how a loophole in Florida law has led to the arrest and even deportation of undocumented immigrants after they suffer legitimate injuries on the job. Wed, 16 Aug 2017 09:00:00 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2017-08-16/they-got-hurt-at-work-then-they-got-deported Howard Berkes, Michael Grabell /show/latin-america-report/2017-03-06/deportation-dread-south-florida-migrant-workers-feel-more-hunted-than-usual In a field near Florida City, zucchini pickers are filling bushel basket after bushel basket as irrigation trucks shoot geysers into the sky behind them.… Tue, 07 Mar 2017 04:00:08 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2017-03-06/deportation-dread-south-florida-migrant-workers-feel-more-hunted-than-usual Tim Padgett