TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Blaise Ingoglia presided over his first State Board of Immigration Enforcement (SBIE) meeting and applauded the Board’s combined efforts, as well as those of local law enforcement leaders from around the state. SBIE was established in February to enhance illegal immigration enforcement and involves a nation-leading partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Today, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and State Fire Marshal Blaise Ingoglia met with Florida’s Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) teams as they returned from an approximately 16-day deployment to Texas, where they responded to devastating flooding across the state’s central region.

Today, in a ceremony held inside the Florida Cabinet Meeting Room, Blaise Ingoglia was officially sworn in by Governor Ron DeSantis as Florida’s next Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and State Fire Marshal. Top grassroots organizations and statewide leaders applauded his appointment.