Some Florida officers continue to accuse people of their ceased immigration laws
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Some law enforcement officers continue to charge people under Florida law that prohibits people living in the United States from entering the state illegally, even as federal judges have stopped enforcing the law while being challenged in court.
Two other two were required to be arrested in July and charged under the law, according to a report by the Florida Attorney General.
Both were arrested by a sheriff in Sarasota County, located on the southwest coast of the state. The charges come months after U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams first ceased enforcement of state regulations in Miami, making it a misdemeanor for those who were avoided from entering Florida without legal permission in the United States.
Due to a breach of the order and being found in civil contempt, the judge asked Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to file a bimonthly report to see if any arrest, detention or enforcement actions have been taken under the law.
In separate incidents on July 3 and July 28, the men were charged with driving without a valid permit and crimes related to driving under the influence of alcohol. According to the identity report, the 12th Judicial Judicial Circuit Court office dismissed allegations of illegal entry against them and asked the Sheriff’s Office to advise the court’s arrest personnel to stop enforcing the law.
A Uthmeier spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In another court application, immigration rights advocates filed the lawsuit questioned whether state officials were using lockdown laws to justify detainees detained in isolated immigration detention centers in Florida Islamic Florida.
Advocate’s lawyers provided the court with an email sent to the congressman’s office by immigration and customs executive employees, noting that Florida officials are relying on legal authority granted by blocked laws.
“The ICE’s emails have raised serious concerns about the potential violation of the court’s injunction, requiring the court to order the state to explain in the Everglades facility under which legal authorizations it is interpreted.
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Kate Payne is a member of the Associated Press/Reports Corps of the U.S. State Legislative Council News Initiative. The U.S. Report is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report secret issues.
