MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Milton is expected to unleash its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants who don’t speak English, most of them Latin Americans harvesting oranges and tomatoes in the fields along Florida’s I-4 corridor, washing
MIAMI — Hurricane Milton is expected to unleash its greatest force over hundreds of thousands of immigrants who don’t speak English, most of them Latin Americans harvesting oranges and tomatoes in the fields along Florida’s I-4 corridor, washing dishes in restaurants, cleaning hotel rooms and working construction.
Around 250,000 Mexicans live in the area where Hurricane Milton would hit hard and many fear leaving their trailer homes or facing deportation. “In situations like a hurricane that are emergencies, it is not easy to find information in Spanish,” said Jessica Ramirez, general coordinator at the Farmworker Association, which serves more than 10,000 immigrants.
“I needed their help,” said Lara, 47, who came from Mexico, speaks mainly Spanish and needed an English-speaker to call the shelter’s office. “They don’t have people who speak Spanish when we call,” she said, talking about some of the offices in Orange County. Advocates told the AP that other challenges that they see are lack of economic resources to buy food, water or supplies and fear among the undocumented population.In 2023 Florida approved one of the strictest immigration laws in the nation. It criminalized bringing people without permanent legal status into the state, invalidated any U.S. government identification they might have and blocked local governments from providing them with ID cards.
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