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Florida’s chief financial officer announced a slate of legislative priorities to discourage illegal immigrants from settling in the state – a strategy that rarely makes headlines as most states focus on criminal justice laws versus financial policies.

Florida CFO Blaise Ingoglia, who previously represented Hernando and Citrus counties in the state Senate, said Florida has already taken sweeping actions to blunt illegal immigrants from utilizing programs in Florida but that there are still many openings in law that would allow them to benefit if the state ever trends to the left again.

“Illegal immigration has scourged our communities. Too many lives have been lost, and too many people have been hurt as a result of illegal immigration,” Ingogli

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