Immigration Crackdown Forces Florida To Consider Loosening Teen Labor Laws To Help Businesses With Staffing Shortages
A sponsor of the bill, state Senator Jay Collins, says lawmakers are not talking about teenagers working in meatpacking plants but rather at supermarkets like Piggly Wiggly
With the Trump administration and Florida officials cracking down on illegal immigration, state lawmakers are proposing a solution to the resulting labor shortage — more teenagers on more payrolls for longer hours.
Democrats and business groups are warning that mass deportations could further exacerbate existing staffing shortages. In January, a board member of the National Restaurant Association, Sam Sanchez, warned against the deportations, saying America “currently faces a workforce shortage of 1.7 million people,” and the removal of migrants will only make it worse.
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