Overview

• Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet, sitting as the State Board of Immigration Enforcement, approved $14,073,042 for 56 local agencies to support immigration enforcement.
• Grants cover equipment and logistics such as AI translation for body cameras, license‑plate readers with up to one year of stored scans shared with ICE, portable fingerprint scanners, transport vans, restraints, and vests.
• The program authorizes bonuses up to $1,000 for trained officers participating in immigration task forces plus daily jail reimbursements of $75–$100 per detainee for temporary holds up to 48 hours.
• ICE last week announced more than $28 million to the state plus $10 million to local agencies under expanded 287(g) partnerships, with allocations for transport and equipment.
• Sheriffs are implementing a statewide 18‑region arrest and transport framework connecting county jails to ICE facilities, while federal reimbursement for the Everglades detention site known as Alligator Alcatraz remains pending.