Opponents hold 'day without immigrants' in Florida to protest new restrictions
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People carry signs that read in Spanish, "Justice for Immigrants" and "We are humans" as hundreds gather to protest peacefully against Florida Senate bill 1718, which imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Immokalee, Fla., an area known for its tomato-growing. Across Florida Thursday, workers didn't show up at construction sites, and tomato fields, while scores of restaurants and small businesses never opened their doors to protest the new state law. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)People carry signs as hundreds gather to protest peacefully against Florida Senate bill 1718, which imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Immokalee, Fla., an area known for its tomato-growing. Across Florida Thursday, workers didn't show up at construction sites, and tomato fields, while scores of restaurants and small businesses never opened their doors to protest the new state law. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)A woman carries a sign that reads "We are working people, not criminals; we are the ones who harvest the crops; Immokalee farm workers strong" as hundreds gather to protest peacefully against Florida Senate bill 1718, which imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Immokalee, Fla., an area known for its tomato-growing. Across Florida Thursday, workers didn't show up at construction sites, and tomato fields, while scores of restaurants and small businesses never opened their doors to protest the new state law. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Albino Huapilla-Perez Jr., 16, a high school student whose parents are migrant tomato pickers originally from Mexico, carries a harvesting bucket market with the words "We feed you," as hundreds gather to protest peacefully against Florida Senate bill 1718, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Immokalee, Fla., an area known for its tomato-growing. Across Florida Thursday, workers didn't show up at construction sites, and tomato fields, while scores of restaurants and small businesses never opened their doors to protest a new state law that imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)A rooster run across the road as hundreds march during a peaceful protest against Florida Senate bill 1718, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Immokalee, Fla., an area known for its tomato-growing. Across Florida Thursday, workers didn't show up at construction sites, and tomato fields, while scores of restaurants and small businesses never opened their doors to protest a new state law that imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)People listen to speakers as hundreds gather to protest peacefully against Florida Senate bill 1718, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Immokalee, Fla., an area known for its tomato-growing. Across Florida Thursday, workers didn't show up at construction sites, and tomato fields, while scores of restaurants and small businesses never opened their doors to protest a new state law that imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Artist Jonathan Martinez, 22, center, whose Mexican parents first worked on farms when they arrived in the U.S. more than two decades ago, holds a hand-painted sign as protests along with his sister Paola, right, a 19-year-old cosmetology student, against Florida Senate bill 1718, which imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Immokalee, Fla., an area known for its tomato-growing. Paola holds a sign reading, in Spanish, "We are this country's strength," while another woman holds a Spanish sign reading "We are here and we aren't leaving." (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)People carry signs that read "Our work deserves respect" and "We are essential workers; No to SB1718" as hundreds gather to protest peacefully against Florida Senate bill 1718, which imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Immokalee, Fla., an area known for its tomato-growing. Across Florida Thursday, workers didn't show up at construction sites, and tomato fields, while scores of restaurants and small businesses never opened their doors to protest the new state law. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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People carry signs that read in Spanish, "Justice for Immigrants" and "We are humans" as hundreds gather to protest peacefully against Florida Senate bill 1718, which imposes restrictions on undocumented immigrants, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Immokalee, Fla., an area known for its tomato-growing. Across Florida Thursday, workers didn't show up at construction sites, and tomato fields, while scores of restaurants and small businesses never opened their doors to protest the new state law. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
