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Tallahassee – Saying they are trying to help President Donald Trump crack down on illegal immigration, Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature late Jan. 28 passed a plan that includes boosting criminal penalties for undocumented immigrants, ending in-state tuition rates for undocumented-immigrant students and creating a state “chief immigration officer.”
Sen. Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota, was a sponsor of immigration legislation that passed Tuesday. (Colin Hackley/News Service of Florida File Photo)
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