US EditionSupreme Court won't let Florida enforce controversial immigration law
FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, JUL 9 – The Supreme Court's refusal maintains a lower court's block on Florida's law criminalizing undocumented immigrant entry, amid support from 17 states and the Trump administration.
- The Supreme Court declined to allow Florida to enforce a law that makes it a state crime for illegal immigrants to enter, as it conflicts with federal authority over immigration policy.
- U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams ruled that the Florida law is likely unconstitutional due to its encroachment on federal immigration powers.
- Florida's Attorney General argued that the law was necessary to protect citizens from illegal immigration.
- The American Civil Liberties Union stated that the ruling affirms immigration enforcement as a federal matter and protects individuals from unjust detention.
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