A statewide Missing Child Alert has been issued for a 16-year-old girl last seen in Tampa, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

A Florida representative filed HB 1491, a bill designed to crack down on immigration and compensate victims of illegal immigrant crimes.

In 2024, over 10% of impaired driving crashes occurred in March, making it the month with the highest number of impaired driving crashes.

Concern about BTM scams have mounted in recent years.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state's efforts to support President Donald Trump's administration's enforcement of immigration in the United States was moving "full speed ahead." He introduced Larry Leefe as the executive director of the state's new immigration enforcement board.

Under the new agreements, sheriff’s deputies gain more immigration enforcement power with ICE supervision. Local sheriff’s offices will be able to interrogate suspected illegal immigrants, arrest and detain people caught trying to enter Florida illegally and serve or execute warrants for immigration violations.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed off on agreements that several more factions of state-level law enforcement will work hand-in-hand with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to detain and potentially interrogate illegal immigrants.

PANHANDLE, Fla. (CBS12) — ICE pointed out fentanyl dangers after undocumented immigrants were caught distributing in Florida. On Wednesday, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement posted on X that local authorities arrested undocumented immigrants from Jamaica who were distributing fentanyl in the Florida Panhandle.

This move follows the recent approval of an immigration enforcement plan by DeSantis and the Legislature. The new agreements involve the Florida State Guard, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Florida Department of Law ...

Governor Ron DeSantis has signed three agreements to give state agencies more power to enforce immigration laws.

The administrations of President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday touted their collaboration to crack down on illegal immigration, days after all of Florida’s sheriffs announced they had entered immigration law enforcement partnerships with the federal government.