A Florida GOP lawmaker said the anti-immigration law he backed was supposed to tell new immigrants to "stay out."
But now migrant families are fleeing the state, and it's a "big problem" for farmers and tourism, Rep. Rick Roth said.
"The bill has a lot of negative consequences that I'm trying to mitigate," Florida Rep. Rick Roth told Insider.
During the meeting, Roth told constituents that migrants have started moving to Georgia and other states.
Roth told Insider that the bill came straight from Gov.
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