After a long and fiery debate about how the state should deal with illegal immigration, the Florida House passed legislation that seeks to crack down on local governments that do not fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

The measure, if passed by the Senate and signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, would ban so-called sanctuary city policies in the state and punish any local officials who limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. That would include local governments that restrict law-enforcement agencies from participating in a federal program that deputizes local officers to perform the duties of federal immigration agents.

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