An architect of a controversial bid to fly migrants from Texas to a Massachusetts resort town in 2022 has been named to guide Florida's new state board of immigration enforcement.

Brayan De Los Rios said it’s getting harder for him to make ends meet. His sales at Latin Touch Spanish Grocery in Brandon have dropped by more than 30% since January. He’s worried many of his Hispanic customers have stopped coming because they are afraid of new immigration policies out of Tallahassee and Washington,

Larry Keefe, who as public safety “czar” in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration helped orchestrate controversial flights of migrants from Texas to Massachusetts in 2022, was named Monday to oversee immigration enforcement in Florida.