Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced a new partnership between the Florida Highway Patrol and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to enhance immigration enforcement within the state.

A number of Latino evangelical churches in Florida and in the southeast United States are gearing up to protect their sacred spaces.

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida Highway Patrol troopers will begin coordinating with ICE agents to interrogate and arrest undocumented immigrants.

State troopers will be deputized and trained to help the Department of Homeland Security round up and detain illegal immigrants under an agreement between Florida and the Trump administration announced by Gov.

Florida lawmakers have passed a sweeping immigration bill, setting aside half a billion dollars in public funds to help carry out President Donald Trump’s crackdown on people in the country illegally.

DeSantis gives immigration enforcement power to Florida Highway Patrol

Governor Ron DeSantis expanded illegal immigration enforcement to state troopers on Friday morning.DeSantis announced a new partnersh

"This agreement will give FHP expanded power and authority to interrogate any suspected alien or person believed to be an alien" in the U.S., DeSantis said.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to execute immigration enforcement. Florida will be one of the first states in the country to have state law enforcement be given expanded power for immigration enforcement under a deal with the U.