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The left is trying to claim that Florida's economy will be damaged by the state's new pro-American policy of excluding illegal migrants.

Florida. for governor desantis, the expanse of e-verify is making good on a promise he made in 2018 during his first run for governor. >> we want businesses to hire citizens and legal immigrants, but we want them to follow the law and not do illegal immigrants. and it is not that difficult do. >> reporter: in response to the law the national hispanics rights group urged immigrants no matter their status not to travel to florida. locally immigration advocacy groups like we count are meeting with workers in agricultural, hospitality and construction to answer questions about the changes. >> thes...

To work. if we don't do these jobs, who is going to do them? we're the ones who have to do this work. the new law requires a business with at least 25 workers to use e-verify, a federal program that checks the immigration status of workers with penalties for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers. most farm owners say they keep the number of employers under 20. >> we had a lot of workers, but we cut back a little bit. so i think we're still on the right number and i don't think it will affect us yet, but we still don't know yet. >> reporter: the impact of the new law goes beyond job...

Workers. >> we had a lot of workers, but we cut back a bit. i think we're still on the right number. i don't think it will affect us much. we still don't know yet. >> reporter: the impact of the new law goes beyond jobs. certain hospitals will have to ask patients to ask about immigration status, and the new law makes it illegal to transport someone into the country. e-verify is making good on a promise he made in 2018. >> we want businesses to hire citizens and legal immigrants, but we want them to follow the law and not do illegal immigrants. it's not that difficult to do. >> reporter: in re...

The left is trying to claim that Florida's economy will be damaged by the state's new pro-American policy of excluding illegal migrants.