Florida AG James Uthmeier Held in Civil Contempt over Immigration Law Order

Court holds Florida Attorney General in contempt over illegal immigration law

Florida's attorney general has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court asking permission to enforce the state's new law against illegal immigration. A judge has found him in contempt and some have been arrested under the law even as it's blocked in court.

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson talks illegal immigration in Tampa

Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson tackled the topic of illegal immigration at a non-partisan political forum in Tampa on Friday.  He praised the Trump administration’s crackdowns, but still says there’s more the federal government could do to make hiring foreign workers easier.  At the Tampa Tiger Bay Club forum, Simpson argued that Florida agriculture doesn’t rely much on undocumented farmworkers. “Just because you drive by a…

Florida AG says enforcing policy is ‘not the role’ of judges in immigrant arrests

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier argued that enforcing policy and legislation is “not the role” of the judicial branch, vowing that the state will continue to detain and deport illegal immigrants. Uthmeier has been held in contempt of court by…

Activist Judge Holds Florida AG in Civil Contempt of Court for Enforcing State Immigration Law

An Obama-appointed federal judge has found Florida's Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt of court for following the state's immigration law. The post Activist Judge Holds Florida AG in Civil Contempt of Court for Enforcing State Immigration Law appeared first on Slay News.

Attorney general joins GOP to stop legal challenge to immigration law

PHOENIX – She didn’t like the measure when Republican lawmakers first proposed it and when it went on the ballot.

Florida AG held in contempt for enforcing law criminalizing illegal immigrants after judge blocked it

"If being held in contempt is what it costs to defend the rule of law and stand firmly behind President Trump's agenda on illegal immigration, so be it.”