„My truck won’t move. Don’t enter Florida. Nobody enter Florida,“ one trucker can be heard saying on Twitter.
Latin American truck drivers are reportedly planning a service boycott of Florida in response to Governor Ron DeSantis’s new legislation concerning migrants.
Migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border are once again in the national spotlight after Title 42 expired this week. Enacted by former President Donald Trump in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the measure allowed for the rapid expulsion of undocumented migrants found crossing into the U.S. on the grounds that doing so would help prevent the spread of the virus. It came to an end, along with all other remaining pandemic emergency protocols, on Thursday, leading to concern from some that it would lead to a spike in crossings at a time when various crises have already led to an overall surge in migrants seeking entry into the U.
