TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Over the last five months, Florida law enforcement officials have arrested more than 6,000 people suspected of being in the country illegally, a U.S. Border Patrol official announced Friday, as the state continues its aggressive approach to help carry out President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda.

The announcement comes as Department of Homeland Security officials declared they are reimbursing the state for nearly $30 million for immigration-related expenses, underlining Florida's growing importance to the Trump administration’s mass immigration crackdown. At an event Friday in Tallahassee, Madison Sheahan, the deputy director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, applauded Florida's efforts and said the agency is doling out $1.7 billion to state and loca

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