Florida Agriculture Dismisses Immigration Claims

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Facing fire from DeSantis, agriculture says it doesn’t rely on undocumented foreign workers

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Gov. Ron DeSantis has said Florida farmers have an “affinity for cheap, illegal foreign labor” He has promised to veto an immigration policy bill from the GOP -led Legislature that would establish the state’s agriculture commissioner, Wilton Simpson , as Florida 's chief immigration officer.

Agriculture industry supporters say they want to avoid getting caught in the crossfire by the governor.

Immigrants play a large role in agriculture, but that represents a small portion of their employment in Florida .

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller says only 1 percent of those who are in the country illegally work in agriculture.

Nearly 70 percent of the nation’s farm workers were born outside the country.

Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried says DeSantis has consistently criticized agriculture for the past six years .

She speculated that the criticism could stem from his 2018 GOP primary race with Putnam .

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