Jasmine Garst

You know, she offered kind of like a cheap Uber service, but also because she was really, really worried about the whole situation. I mean, like these are her friends and her neighbors. who are very scared.

You know, she offered kind of like a cheap Uber service, but also because she was really, really worried about the whole situation. I mean, like these are her friends and her neighbors. who are very scared.

You know, she offered kind of like a cheap Uber service, but also because she was really, really worried about the whole situation. I mean, like these are her friends and her neighbors. who are very scared.

Yeah. So Mari is a resident of the U.S. She's here legally with papers. She's originally from Mexico. And for a long time, she was married to an American guy. They're now separated. And she says that he was abusive. So she started attending this domestic violence support group.

Yeah. So Mari is a resident of the U.S. She's here legally with papers. She's originally from Mexico. And for a long time, she was married to an American guy. They're now separated. And she says that he was abusive. So she started attending this domestic violence support group.

Yeah. So Mari is a resident of the U.S. She's here legally with papers. She's originally from Mexico. And for a long time, she was married to an American guy. They're now separated. And she says that he was abusive. So she started attending this domestic violence support group.

But after Florida started seriously cracking down on immigrants without papers, Mari noticed that a lot of women stopped coming to the domestic violence support group. So she started offering rides, raides, to some of the women who are here without legal status. She started taking people to the supermarket to get food. And then she started taking kids to school.

But after Florida started seriously cracking down on immigrants without papers, Mari noticed that a lot of women stopped coming to the domestic violence support group. So she started offering rides, raides, to some of the women who are here without legal status. She started taking people to the supermarket to get food. And then she started taking kids to school.

But after Florida started seriously cracking down on immigrants without papers, Mari noticed that a lot of women stopped coming to the domestic violence support group. So she started offering rides, raides, to some of the women who are here without legal status. She started taking people to the supermarket to get food. And then she started taking kids to school.

And it became like this little mini business. Yo en mi vida había pasado así. Fíjese. And she's saying, I've never seen anything like it. Imagine being so scared of going to get food for your kids. It broke my soul. And then Mari told me that pretty soon people started heading further north to places that were friendlier to immigrants. And so Mari kind of graduated to the interstate.

And it became like this little mini business. Yo en mi vida había pasado así. Fíjese. And she's saying, I've never seen anything like it. Imagine being so scared of going to get food for your kids. It broke my soul. And then Mari told me that pretty soon people started heading further north to places that were friendlier to immigrants. And so Mari kind of graduated to the interstate.

And it became like this little mini business. Yo en mi vida había pasado así. Fíjese. And she's saying, I've never seen anything like it. Imagine being so scared of going to get food for your kids. It broke my soul. And then Mari told me that pretty soon people started heading further north to places that were friendlier to immigrants. And so Mari kind of graduated to the interstate.

She does these long overnight trips transporting entire families trying to get out of Florida. And all of these people picking up and leaving, that's what Mari was referring to when she told me. They're going to turn this into a ghost town.

She does these long overnight trips transporting entire families trying to get out of Florida. And all of these people picking up and leaving, that's what Mari was referring to when she told me. They're going to turn this into a ghost town.

She does these long overnight trips transporting entire families trying to get out of Florida. And all of these people picking up and leaving, that's what Mari was referring to when she told me. They're going to turn this into a ghost town.

I found that it was happening throughout Florida. I found a widespread fear, particularly in agricultural areas. I spent a lot of time in central Florida in like a park called Plant City, where a lot of workers had just picked up and left north. And also in areas that have been hard hit by hurricanes, where there is a labor force like roofers and builders who just, again, picked up and left.

I found that it was happening throughout Florida. I found a widespread fear, particularly in agricultural areas. I spent a lot of time in central Florida in like a park called Plant City, where a lot of workers had just picked up and left north. And also in areas that have been hard hit by hurricanes, where there is a labor force like roofers and builders who just, again, picked up and left.

I found that it was happening throughout Florida. I found a widespread fear, particularly in agricultural areas. I spent a lot of time in central Florida in like a park called Plant City, where a lot of workers had just picked up and left north. And also in areas that have been hard hit by hurricanes, where there is a labor force like roofers and builders who just, again, picked up and left.

You know, I spent a lot of time in Springfield, Ohio, where the rising xenophobia and lies, just outright lies about Haitian immigrants spread. That was a preview of where we're at now. And that's gotten so much coverage. So I want to tell you a different story today about my trip to Nebraska in late December of last year. Now, Nebraska has a huge labor shortage.

You know, I spent a lot of time in Springfield, Ohio, where the rising xenophobia and lies, just outright lies about Haitian immigrants spread. That was a preview of where we're at now. And that's gotten so much coverage. So I want to tell you a different story today about my trip to Nebraska in late December of last year. Now, Nebraska has a huge labor shortage.