Florida Is Rushing To Enforce New Immigration Laws. Here's What To Know

Days after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed off on immigration legislation he says is the toughest in the nation, Florida's Republican leaders have named the director of the new state board of immigration enforcement: an architect of the controversial effort to fly migrants from Texas to a Massachusetts resort town.

Lawmakers in Florida and other Republican-led states have been racing to pass new laws to help President Donald Trump follow through on his promises of mass deportations .

Florida officials aren't wasting time implementing their new legislation , which increases penalties for crimes committed by immigrants in the country without legal authorization and allocates nearly 300 million toward beefing up state and local participation in federal immigration enforcement.

Here's what to know about how Florida is implementing the new laws.

Florida's new immigration laws mean tougher penalties