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Florida Uses Highway Weigh Stations as Immigration Check Points

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Florida Uses Highway Weigh Stations as Immigration Check Points

Florida law enforcement will begin asking commercial truck drivers about their immigration status during inspections at highway weigh stations after a turnpike crash killed three people earlier this month. State Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson and state Attorney General James Uthmeier, flanked by a US Border Patrol agent and several state law enforcement officials, said Monday […]

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Florida Payroll Ops Head Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Avoid Taxes, Workers’ Comp

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Florida Payroll Ops Head Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Avoid Taxes, Workers’ Comp

The manager of an off-the-books construction-worker payroll operation in Naples, Florida, pleaded guilty last week to a scheme that prosecutors said defrauded the U.S. government of $4 million and swindled insurers out of workers’ compensation premiums. Alexis Garcia, manager of Tape Drywall Services Inc., and Carlos Alberto Hernandez were indicted in August. Garcia, also known

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Yet Another HO Insurer, Viceroy, Approved for Florida Market, Regulators Say

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Yet Another HO Insurer, Viceroy, Approved for Florida Market, Regulators Say

Yet another property insurance carrier has been approved to do business in Florida, this one a sister company to Monarch National Insurance, based in Tallahassee. Viceroy Preferred Insurance Co. is at least the 15th new insurer to enter the Florida residential market since state lawmakers in 2022 and 2023 enacted major reforms that have tamped

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US Halts Visas for Truck Drivers After Fatal Florida Crash

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US Halts Visas for Truck Drivers After Fatal Florida Crash

The US will stop issuing worker visas for commercial truck drivers, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday, the latest in a series of Trump administration moves to clamp down on foreign workers. “Effective immediately we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers,” he wrote on X. “The increasing number of

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