Overview

• On July 9, the Supreme Court denied Florida’s emergency request to lift the injunction blocking arrests and prosecutions under the new entry law.
• U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams issued the preliminary injunction in April, ruling that Florida’s statute likely conflicts with federal immigration authority.
• The 11th Circuit upheld Williams’s injunction in June and held Attorney General James Uthmeier in contempt for defying the court order.
• Enacted in February, the law imposes mandatory prison terms of nine months to five years on undocumented immigrants entering Florida without federal authorization.
• The ACLU’s class-action lawsuit challenging the law remains pending as lower and appellate courts continue constitutional review.