Sales are way down at a Florida flea market. A new immigration law could be to blame.

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On a steamy summer day in Miami, flea market produce vendor Bessy Hernandez is doing her best to drum up sales.

"Aguacate, aguacate de Florida!" the 73-year old Honduran native yells of her avocado selection, which is part of a much larger array of colorful inventory.

For decades, vendors at the Tropicana Flea Market have worked weekends under the hot sun, listening to music, trading jokes and light-hearted stories.

But lately, those stories have taken a grim turn, largely thanks to a new Florida immigration law.

The law ramps up demands for employers and workers to meet new sweeping requirements, including the employer submission of worker information to verify their legal status.

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis now faces some reports of an exodus of Latinos from the state.