Deportation fears grow for migrants in Florida under Trump and DeSantis

Migrants in Florida are feeling anxious as they brace for what could happen since Trump issued a wave of immigration-related executive orders.

MIAMI — Some undocumented immigrants living in Florida have barely stepped out of their homes this week, fearful of President Donald Trump’s pledge to carry out what he has called “the largest deportation program in American history” and Gov. Ron DeSantis' paralleled efforts to bolster immigration enforcement in the state.

That's all Magali, an undocumented Guatemalan immigrant in Central Florida, and her friends talk about. The mother of three U.S.-born children, who resides in the city of Ocoee, requested she only be identified by her first name due fear of deportation because of her immigration status.

Even though the U.S. has been her home for 14 years, Magali and her husband, who works in the landscape business, have come up with a plan of action in case the couple is picked up by immigration authorities.

Magali was adamant in saying her family does "not want to go back to Guatemala because it’s a dangerous country." But if she and her husband are deported, they have their children’s passports ready so that they can travel together.

The thought breaks Magali's heart since “the kids are happy here” in the U.S., where they were born.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/immigration-florida-deportation-fears-desantis-trump-rcna188942

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