US EditionFlorida ACLU hails immigration law ruling
- A coalition, including the ACLU and FLIC, initiated a lawsuit in Florida's Southern District, challenging Senate Bill 4C.
- SB 4C, an anti-illegal immigration law, led to the lawsuit because it criminalizes specific immigration-related actions at the state level.
- The law mandates incarceration for those 18 or older who illegally enter or re-enter Florida, even when seeking federal immigration relief.
- Tessa Petit stated SB 4C is "an unconstitutional and devastating attack on Floridians who are immigrants."
- The lawsuit argues SB 4C violates the U.S. Constitution, potentially causing detentions and fear within immigrant communities.
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Tallahassee Reports
News Service of FloridaJudge Halts New Florida Immigration Law
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to the federal government’s power to regulate immigration, a U.S. district judge Friday temporarily blocked a new Florida law aimed at cracking down on undocumented immigrants. Miami-based Judge Kathleen Williams issued a 14-page decision granting a request for a temporary restraining order against the law, which the Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis approv…
New Florida immigration law halted by judge amid lawsuits from immigrant advocates
Pointing to the federal government’s power to regulate immigration, a U.S. district judge temporarily blocked a new Florida law, SB 4-C, aimed at cracking down on undocumented immigrants.
Sun-Sentinel
union-bulletin.comJudge temporarily blocks new Florida immigration law
A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked police and prosecutors from enforcing a new state law that makes it a crime for immigrants to come into Florida after they enter the country illegally. Calling the law likely unconstitutional, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams suspended enforcement of it for 14 days and scheduled a hearing for April 18. Read the full story at MiamiHerald.com
Florida ACLU hails immigration law ruling
Though there undoubtedly are appeals ahead, the American Civil Liberties Union is celebrating a district court pause in the enforcement of Florida’s immigration law. Senate Bill 4C, which proscribes penalties for illegal entry and illegal re-entry, mandates imprisonment for being in Florida without being a legal immigration and capital punishment for any such undocumented immigrant who commits capital crimes. Judge Kathleen Williams, who was ori…
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