Supreme Court refuses to allow Florida to enforce its new immigration law
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The law would impose harsh criminal penalties on undocumented migrants for entering the state. The case raises questions about whether and how states can police illegal immigration.
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Supreme Court rejects Florida's bid to enforce law barring undocumented immigrants, keeping a lower court's block in place with no opinion or noted dissents.
Immigrant rights organizations sued the state arguing that its new law conflicts with federal immigration law, and under longstanding Supreme Court precedent, states must bow to federal law in the event of such conflicts.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to revive an aggressive Florida immigration law that had been blocked by lower courts. The law would let state officials prosecute migrants in the country without legal permission who enter the state.
The law would impose harsh criminal penalties on undocumented migrants for entering the state. The case raises questions about whether and how states can police illegal immigration.
The state asked the high court to lift a lower-court judge’s temporary block on enforcement of the law, which makes it illegal for an undocumented immigrant to enter or re-enter Florida.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier that would have at least temporarily allowed enforcement of a...
The high court rejected Florida's request to overturn a lower court to enforce a state law that would make it a crime for undocumented migrants to enter the state
The law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis makes it a state crime to enter Florida after coming into the United States illegally, and to re-enter the state following deportation.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to allow Florida to enforce a state law that makes it a crime for anyone who entered the United States illegally to enter or […]
