Immigration advocacy alive and well despite fewer protesters, some say - Florida

May Day came and went in Southwest Florida.

But none of the area’s major immigration advocacy groups took part in Thursday’s nationwide protests.

Why?

According to some, area immigrants have other things weighing more heavily on their minds.

“It’s a hard economic time,” said Tirso Moreno, general coordinator for the Farmworker Association of Florida.”*

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