Florida's State Board of Immigration Enforcement has approved reimbursing local law enforcement millions of dollars for immigration enforcement efforts.

At a meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 30, the Board – comprised of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General James Uthmeier, Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia and Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson – voted to pay $14,073,042.38 in grant awards to police departments and sheriff's offices around the state. Previous coverage: Florida cops want $10.4M for immigration crackdown costs. Here's each agency's wishlist

Of the 56 grants, 14 are for vans to transport immigrants to and from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, costing a little over $1 million.

In total, 42 law enforcement agencies applied for reimbursement to fund bed sp

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