The Florida Highway Patrol can now conduct immigration enforcement operations independent of the federal government, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

“What we have now with FHP is that they can conduct immigration operations wholly independent of the federal government. And there’s no one else in the country where they’re doing that,” the Republican governor, flanked by FHP officers and federal agents, said during a news conference Monday in Tampa, Newsweek reported.

More than 100 FHP troopers were sworn in as special deputy U.S. marshals, which gives them the authority to handle immigration cases. That includes apprehending immigrants and processing them for deportation without the use of federal assistance, and also allows the troopers to serve and execute federal warrants. 

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