Florida announces new initiative to find illegal immigrants at truck checkpoints

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Florida will coordinate with federal immigration authorities to crack down on illegal immigration at state commercial vehicle checkpoints, officials announced Monday.

The announcement comes in the wake of the fatal Aug. 12 Florida Turnpike motor vehicle accident in which an undocumented immigrant behind the wheel of a semitruck collided with a minivan and killed three people.

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