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TALLAHASSEE | If state and local law enforcement officers, while patrolling Florida waters for boating violations or to deter drug smuggling and illegal fishing, come across a vessel with an illicit human cargo they cannot make an arrest. That's because smuggling illegal immigrants, though against federal law, is not a crime in Florida.

A 37-year-old illegal alien already under investigation was arrested for allegedly molesting 5-year-old and 10-year-old girls, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said.

Police and Border Patrol agents are investigating a possible case of illegal immigrant smuggling in Manatee County.

Smuggling illegal immigrants into Florida is not against state law, but the House has unanimously passed a bill to change that.

A Miami mother and son are behind bars, accused of holding a Guatemalan man for ransom after illegally smuggling him into Bradenton.

A random security check at the main Dale Mabry gate of MacDill Air Force Base ended in the arrest of civilian contractor now accused of illegally obtaining military housing on base and smuggling in a cache of illegal weapons.

Some researchers are so convinced that there are alien civilizations, they aren't asking "Is there life on other planets?" anymore. Instead they are asking, "How much extraterrestrial life is out there?

Border Patrol agents in Tampa are trying to stop human smugglers
transporting illegal immigrants who cross the border in Arizona and
come to Florida.

NASA is planning a major announcement today related to the search for alien life. That has alien lovers across the Internet abuzz about what the big news might be.