EXCLUSIVE — Florida state troopers have arrested 6,200 illegal immigrants off the streets and turned them over to federal immigration authorities for deportation proceedings, the Washington Examiner has learned.

Florida Highway Patrol officers have arrested thousands across the state since Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) directed state and local police to assist Department of Homeland Security agencies, Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles spokesman Gatlin Nennstiel told the Washington Examiner in an email on Friday.