Central Florida advocates call for Rick Scott, Marco Rubio to back immigration bills
Orlando Sentinel 1 hr ago Lisa Maria Garza, Orlando Sentinel
Civic and business leaders in Central Florida advocated Tuesday for the passage of immigration bills they say would help boost the economy of a tourism region dependent on workers temporarily shielded from deportation by various policies.
Through a virtual bipartisan panel hosted by the American Business Immigration Coalition and IMPAC Fund, Democratic Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer was among supporters urging Florida’s Republican U.S. Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio to back legislation that would provide a citizenship path for immigrants relying on reprieves from Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Temporary Protected Status.
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 by Joe Byrnes (WMFE)
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Bishop John G. Noonan of the Orlando Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church speaks during an online forum intended to promote comprehensive immigration reform.
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A bipartisan group of religious, political and business leaders held an online forum Tuesday aimed at U.S. Senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio.
The leaders are urging them to support comprehensive immigration reform and three bills currently in Congress: the Dream Act of 2021, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and the Secure Act.
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Workers harvest artichokes at Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, CA.
“Complaining that people don’t want to work because they could make more on unemployment is a funny way of admitting that you pay poverty wages.”
This sentiment is circulating on the Internet these days. It responds to widespread claims that extended unemployment benefits, notably the federal bonus of $300 a week, are causing a labor shortage in the retail and restaurant industries (see, for example here) and U.S. jobless claims fall to 473K as more GOP governors bar aid.
There appears to be some truth to these claims. In an email to me, Philip L. Martin, a professor at the University of California specializing in farm labor, writes regarding the labor shortage in the restaurant industry, “This may be a case of fears of covid + the disincentives of UI [unemployment interest] fed and state.”
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