CAMPBELLTON, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) - Florida broke ground on a new agriculture inspection site on U.S. 231 in Jackson County on Wednesday morning as part of the state’s immigration crackdown efforts.

The facility is being built at the Alabama state line and will require trucks to stop once crossing into Florida. It will serve as the Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement’s 24th Agricultural Inspection Station. Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson said he has been trying to get a center on this road for years.

“It will be a major step in closing down our border,” Simpson said. “It will close one of the holes in the northern network of roads coming into the state. On the other roads, we’re going to put what we call pull-over lanes in place.”

Florida currently operates

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