Radios, AI, cameras: DeSantis, Cabinet approve $87 million in immigration grants
Acting as the newly created State Board of Immigration Enforcement, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday approved more than $87 million in immigration reimbursements for 56 local law enforcement agencies, most of it for radios and AI policing systems.
Acting as the newly created State Board of Immigration Enforcement, Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday approved more than $87 million in immigration reimbursements for 56 local law enforcement agencies, most of it for radios and AI policing systems.
The unanimous vote sends money from a $250 million state grant to fight undocumented immigration. The Legislature approved both the money and the board last year as part of a broader crackdown on migrants living in Florida without authorization.
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