Florida's agriculture sector remains a key economic driver for the state.
"Agriculture depends on workers and there are a lot of workers that may or may not have legal status yet and may go into hiding," said Arturo Lopez, Executive Director of the Coalition of Florida Farmworker Organizations. "That impacts the businesses, which impacts the cost to consumers and could in turn create an economic downturn. But ultimately, we just don't know yet."
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In Miami-Dade, many foreign workers till the land under H-2A temporary agricultural work visas.
"A lot of persons from different countries -- a lot of persons from Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico," said Lopez. "The community right now is not sure what is going to happen. I think most of them hope that what was proposed does not happen."
