Florida businesses plan to strike Thursday to protest DeSantis immigration law

TALLAHASSEE – Protests are planned across six Florida cities with some businesses shutting their doors Thursday in opposition to a tough, new immig...

May 31, 2023
10:54 PM

TALLAHASSEE – Protests are planned across six Florida cities with some businesses shutting their doors Thursday in opposition to a tough, new immigration law pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is campaigning this week in Iowa and New Hampshire. DeSantis last week formally announced his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. But just a couple of weeks earlier, he signed into law the sweeping crackdown on undocumented immigrants that is the subject of the protests. 'I'm trying to support all of the immigrant people,' said Victor Prado, general manager of El Mariachi restaurant in West Palm Beach, which plans to be closed Thursday.

Ana Goni-Lessan