Florida immigration enforcement: AG to rebuff judge who ordered halt

Florida immigration enforcement: AG to rebuff judge who ordered halt

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says he will rebut a judge’s demand that his office order state law officials to halt enforcement of a state immigration law she ordered paused under suspicion of unconstitutionality.

Florida attorney general digs in against judge blocking new state immigration law

TALLAHASSEE — Attorney General James Uthmeier says he will not tell state law enforcement agencies to obey a federal court order halting immigration arrests under a new state law even as the judge who issued the order threatens to hold him in contempt of court. In a statement issued to Fox News on Friday, Uthmeier said that he disagrees with a federal court ruling prohibiting all state law enforcement officials and police agencies from arresting…

Rokita v. Marté: After May 7, court set to rule on Monroe County sheriff's immigration enforcement policy

Sometime after this coming Wednesday (May 7), a court ruling could be issued on Monroe County sheriff Ruben Marté's policy for dealing with the immigration status of suspects. The case is in front of special judge Lucas Rudisill in the Monroe County circuit court. Last July, Indiana's attorney general, Todd Rokita, filed suit against the sheriff over the policy. Rokita contends that the sheriff's policy does not conform with the chapter of state…