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Richard Luscombe in Miami

Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’

a composite image of Ron DeSantis and high school students waiting in line outside
Ron DeSantis and Florida high school students in 2024. Photograph: Getty Images

Beneath the smugness of Ron DeSantis, at Florida leading the nation in immigration enforcement lies something of a conundrum: how to fill the essential jobs of the scores of immigrant workers targeted for deportation.

The answer, according to Florida lawmakers, is the state’s schoolchildren, who as young as 14 could soon be allowed to work overnight shifts without a break – even on school nights.

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