Florida Rally Against Immigration Proposals

From News 13 in Florida:

A Bay area group is going to Tallahassee today to speak out against controversial immigration proposals.

About 40 families left Clearwater at 6:30 a.m. today. They’ll join hundreds of others for a 1 p.m. rally on the steps of the old State Capitol.

The Florida Immigrant Coalition organized the rally to protest immigration legislation that’s making it’s way through the statehouse.

One controversial change being considered centers around the Electronic Verification System or E-Verify.

Currently, all government agencies are required to use it to ensure their employees are eligible to work in the United States. However, some Florida lawmakers want to require all employers to use that system.

Critics said that could easily lead to racial profiling.

“Can you tell me do I have the documents?” asked Juan Pablo Chavez of the Florida Immigrant Coalition. “You don’t know. Probably you will assume because of the color of my skin, my accent.” Read more….

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