CFO Ingoglia targets illegal immigration loopholes in Florida workers’ comp law

December 4, 2025

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia announced a new legislative push to reform the state’s workers’ compensation laws, stating that the current statute improperly allows illegal aliens to receive benefits.

The move is part of a broader strategy to eliminate incentives for illegal immigration.

“It’s really weird, but our workers comp statute in the state of Florida basically says that the people that are eligible for workers comp include illegal immigrants that are here illegally,” Ingoglia said during a Tuesday interview with Drew Steele on Florida’s Voice Radio.

The CFO is proposing legislation to amend the statute to deny these benefits.

Ingoglia argued that the initiative is necessary to combat entities that profit from cheap, unauthorized labor. The proposal includes two major deterrents:

• Employer liability: If an illegal alien is injured on the job, Ingoglia’s proposal mandates a duty to check their legal status before benefits are paid out. If the worker is found to be in the country illegally, the company that hired them will become liable for the worker’s healthcare costs.

  
  

• Auto insurance loophole: Ingoglia revealed his team discovered that in 19 states that issue driver’s licenses to illegal aliens, insurance companies are providing auto insurance, allowing these individuals to drive on Florida roads. The proposed solution states that if an illegal immigrant is involved in a car accident in Florida, they will be considered at fault even if Florida is a no-fault state and their insurance company must pay out, simply because they should not have been driving in the state.

Ingoglia noted that his team is being “hyper aggressive” in reviewing state statutes to “rid all the remnants” of past laws that may benefit or incentivize illegal immigration.

In addition to the new immigration initiative, Ingoglia confirmed his office remains focused on its core mission of fiscal accountability.

“We are holding local governments accountable. We are exposing waste and excess in local governments,” Ingoglia said, affirming that the work to protect taxpayers “does not stop there.”