June 17, 2025
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday issued an order holding state Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt for violating a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of a state law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized immigrants.
May 29, 2025
Florida's attorney general told a federal judge on Thursday that a letter he sent to law enforcement agencies saying he could not force them to comply with a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a state law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized immigrants did not rise to the level of civil contempt.
May 23, 2025
Advocates for immigrant and farmworker rights asked a Florida federal judge to "take appropriate action" in response to a letter sent by the Florida attorney general encouraging the arrest of unauthorized immigrants, in violation of a temporary restraining order.
May 13, 2025
Florida's attorney general has argued that he should not be held in contempt for telling law enforcement agencies he could not force them to comply with a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a state law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized immigrants.
April 29, 2025
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of a state law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized migrants and set a show cause hearing on whether the attorney general should be held in contempt for possibly violating the judge's temporary restraining order against the law.
April 23, 2025
Florida's Attorney General on Wednesday informed law enforcement agencies of a federal judge's extension of a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized migrants but told them he could not stop them from enforcing the law because "no lawful, legitimate order" prevents them from doing so.
April 18, 2025
A Florida federal judge was incredulous Friday at the state's argument that her temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized migrants did not extend to law enforcement officers because they were not parties to the lawsuit challenging the statute.
April 17, 2025
Florida authorities have arrested an individual under a new law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized migrants into the state despite a federal court order temporarily barring enforcement of the law.
April 07, 2025
A Florida federal court has temporarily barred the Sunshine State from enforcing its new law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized migrants into the state, saying the law is likely preempted by the federal Immigration and Nationality Act.
April 02, 2025
Advocates for immigrant and farmworker rights lodged a putative class action Wednesday challenging a Florida law criminalizing the entry of unauthorized migrants into the state, saying the law gives state officials unprecedented power to prosecute noncitizens and no defense to asylum seekers.