Lee County Sheriff’s Office among Florida agencies set to receive money for immigration enforcement

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — The State Board of Immigration Enforcement (SBIE) is set to approve another $53 million in awards for local law enforcement agencies.

About half of those funds are being allocated to only one county.

While $14 million of the funds are for new awards, the other $39 million is for 12 law enforcement agencies that are amending their original budgets with additional requests – most of which is for equipment…

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