{"id":1309402,"date":"2022-02-18T09:07:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T14:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1309402"},"modified":"2022-02-18T09:07:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T14:07:34","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-illegal-immigrants-being-dropped-off-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-illegal-immigrants-being-dropped-off-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show Illegal Immigrants Being Dropped Off In Florida?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-video-show-illegal-immigrants-being-dropped-off-in-florida%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1309402&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A video <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/fUUoQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows four busloads of illegal immigrants being dropped off in Florida.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence the men are illegal immigrants. They are in the country legally with H-2A visas, according to the mayor of Apopka, Florida and the company that hired them.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A protest occurred Jan. 31 in front of the Extended Stay Hotel in Maitland, Florida, with demonstrators waving flags and signs expressing their anger at a video that allegedly showed busses dropping off illegal immigrants at the hotel, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/maitland-hotel-migrant-workers\/38941416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WESH 2 News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/susan.moss.12\/videos\/1061507877758130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> shows dozens of men standing in a parking lot near a large, yellow bus. \u201cFacebook live\u2026 Jan. 28,\u201d the man filming the video announces. \u201cMaitland, Florida. Fourth bus of the day and I don\u2019t see a freaking family here. Just a lot of 18-25-year-old males. They\u2019re signing up, each one\u2019s getting a credit card, hotel stay and going where they want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWHY ARE ILLEGAL ALIENS BEING BUSSED INTO FLORIDA,\u201d reads the caption of one Facebook post that shared the video. \u201cWHERE IS THE SHERIFF, WHERE IS GOVERNOR DESANTIS?\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2018\/11\/14\/fact-check-crime-rates-lower-illegal-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Are Illegal Immigrants Less Likely To Commit Crimes Than US-Born Citizens?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The men shown in the video are not illegal immigrants. Bryon Nelson, mayor of Apopka, Florida, confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2022\/01\/31\/migrants-staying-at-maitland-hotel-are-legal-farm-workers-apopka-mayor-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News 6 Orlando<\/a> that around 90 to 100 people were dropped off at the hotel and had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/working-in-the-united-states\/temporary-workers\/h-2a-temporary-agricultural-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">H-2A visas<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/working-in-the-united-states\/temporary-workers\/h-2a-temporary-agricultural-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)<\/a> defines the visa as a program that \u201callows U.S. employers or U.S. agents who meet specific regulatory requirements to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary agricultural jobs.\u201d The workers are allowed to stay in the U.S. for 10 months, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox35orlando.com\/news\/viral-video-alleging-maitland-hotel-harboring-illegal-immigrants-turns-out-to-be-false-claim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox 35<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/nursery-migrant-workers-maitland-hotel\/38949192#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WESH 2 News<\/a> reported the men were employed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dewarnurseries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dewar Nurseries<\/a>, which is \u201cone of the largest growers of roses, fruits, seasonal, and holiday plants in the nation,\u201d according to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dewarnurseries.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe workers employed by Dewar Nurseries who reside at the Extended Stay Hotel in Maitland are here in the United States under the H2A Visa program,\u201d the company told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/nursery-migrant-workers-maitland-hotel\/38949192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WESH 2 News<\/a>, adding that it was part of a \u201clong-standing, 100-percent legitimate program.\u201d Check Your Fact found no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Illegal+immigrants+hotel+florida&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&amp;oq=Illegal+immigrants+hotel+florida&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30i457j0i22i30.8664j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reporting<\/a> to support the claim that the men are illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Check your Fact previously <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/03\/18\/fact-check-9000-illegal-immigrants-apprehended-border-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debunked<\/a> a claim from March 2021 that alleged only 9,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video shared on Facebook allegedly shows four busloads of illegal immigrants being dropped off in Florida.Verdict: False There is no evidence the men are illegal immigrants. 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