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Is mass deportation the answer to Florida's labor situation?

Farmworkers harvest a field, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
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Farmworkers harvest a field, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

On the latest episode of the South Florida Roundup, we devoted the whole show to the realities — and myths — of our undocumented migrant workers. President Trump is out to demonize them and expel them for good. It’s not likely he can do that — but even if he could, what then? Especially in Florida, a state where today there are only 53 available workers for every 100 available jobs, and a state where undocumented migrants pay some $2 billion in taxes. Should we evict these folks, or embrace them?

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