Former Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-MA) reacted strongly Wednesday, saying "welcome to 1984 folks," after viewing several images of a roadside sign in Florida that urges people to snitch on undocumented immigrants, telling Sunshine State residents to call the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — in exchange for a $1,000 reward.

"Friend just sent this to me, apparently from Florida. Xi Jinping would be proud. Welcome to 1984 folks," Kennedy wrote on X.

The Department of Homeland Security announced last week it would reimburse state and local law enforcement agencies that help enforce the Trump administration's aggressive immigration raids to "arrest and remove the worst of the worst including murderers, gang members, rapists, terrorists, and pedophiles from American communities."

The reimbursement policy begins on Oct. 1, according to DHS. The funding is provided under Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill."

"Currently, state and local police are participating from 40 states, with 8,501 Trained Task Force Officers and over 2,000 additional officers in-training," DHS said in the news release statement on Sept. 2.

Participating law enforcement stand to gain reimbursement, including "the annual salary and benefits of each eligible trained 287(g) officer, including overtime coverage up to 25% of the officer’s annual salary." The department also indicates "law enforcement agencies will be eligible for quarterly monetary performance awards based on the successful location of illegal aliens provided by ICE and overall assistance to further ICE’s mission to Defend the Homeland." The agency lays out the plan to award bonuses based on a range of overall arrests, indicating that 90-100% would net $1,000 per eligible task force officer, 80-80% netting $750 per officer and 70-79% bringing $500 per officer.

It's also encouraging law enforcement agencies to sign a "287(g) agreement to help defend the homeland and to gain access to these reimbursement opportunities." It's unclear how many law enforcement agencies are motivated to sign on.