FACT FOCUS: Videos of empty store aisles are unrelated to Florida’s immigration bill
Associated Press
23-05-18 00:46
Florida's new immigration law risks triggering a shortage of workers on farms and construction sites, critics have warned. The legislation, signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, mandates that firms employing more than 25 workers must verify employees' legal right to work in the US. While truck drivers have called for a boycott of deliveries to the state, videos purporting to show empty supermarkets due to the measures are unrelated, with one video having been recorded during Hurricane Ian in 2022, and the other showing a refrigerator malfunction at a single Walmart store.