Former President Donald Trump’s threat of “mass deportation” of millions of people is a key vow of his re-election campaign and one that resonates with his supporters.
But the consequences of such a roundup would be sweeping in Florida and elsewhere: Sprawling holding camps for those awaiting deportation. Struggles for the state’s agricultural and hospitality industries. Legal residents, caught up in the search for illegal immigrants, required to regularly prove they belong here.
“This will create havoc in our community,” said Felipe Sousa-Lazaballet, who leads the Hope CommUnity Center in Apopka, which for decades as worked with
