outcry in florida today against one of the most extraordinarily punitive and restrictive immigration bills in the country, a bill that was signed by governor ron desantis last month that criminalizes the transportation of undocumented immigrants and requires hospitals to check the immigration status of patients, among other things. the bill goes into effect a month from today. but migrants in florida are not waiting. today, many of them gathered outside the office of local republican legislators to pressure them and governor desantis to repeal this law. they were also peaceful protests in at least seven florida cities as part of the day of demonstrations called a day without immigrants. joining me now is florida state representative ana eskamani. representative eskamani, thanks, as always, for being here tonight.
month from today. but migrants in florida are not waiting. today, many of them gathered outside the office of local republican legislators to pressure them and governor desantis to repeal this law. they were also peaceful protests in at least seven florida cities as part of the day of demonstrations called a day without immigrants. joining me now is florida state representative ana eskamani. representative eskamani, thanks, as always, for being here tonight. my first question is do you think, these protests that we ve seen there s a lot of we think their position on this? thanks so much for having me. and as a daughter of immigrants myself, i know, alex, your mom is an immigrant. these issues are incredibly important to us and they are personal. we made that point all throughout our fight on the house floor about this bill the realities that many
everything. well, i want to thank you, annie wong, the niece of, anna may wong, for working with mattel, for them being so respectful about the process of creating a barbie doll that not only looked like your and, but also is imbued with the energy and the spirit of her. i know that she was a trail blazer. we use that word a lot, but i think it really fits for anna may wong. thank you for sharing your time with us this morning. thank you for having me. and thank all of you for joining me this morning. i ll be back here tomorrow at our regular time of eight a m eastern, where all welcome florida state representative ana eskamani, to talk about what s left of individual rights. now that florida s a legislative session is over. remember, you can keep up with us by following at katie phang show on twitter, instagram and tiktok. stay tuned. the saturday show with jonathan kaye part is coming up right now. now.
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