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WASHINGTON – Florida cannot implement a new controversial law targeting undocumented immigrants entering Florida, the Supreme Court said on July 9 that it refused to appeal the state.
The decision leaves a lower court suspension on the law while being challenged.
The law that made certain immigrants felony entering Florida was passed to help President Donald Trump carry out immigration policies.
Florida Attorney General James Usmieyer told the Supreme Court that laws are needed to protect residents from the “great flood of illegal immigration.”
“If the power of a state’s police force is absolutely power, they allow the state to criminalize destructive harm to the community,” he wrote in the appeal.
The 17 states told the Supreme Court that they support Florida’s position, just like the Trump administration.
Attorneys for immigration rights groups challenging the law said the court has made it clear that such penalties are unconstitutional because immigration enforcement is federal liability.
And they said Florida has not mentioned that states should be allowed to implement their own immigration system, given “a widespread and ongoing cooperation with federal enforcement efforts,” as the law is suing.
In June, a federal judge found Usmeyer in civil contense for a letter he sent to police in April after the law was suspended.
US District Judge Kathleen Williams said Usmeyer violated an order notifying police agencies that the court order banned the enforcement of the law.
Uthmeier argues that the order should only apply to him and to his local state lawyers.
The Florida Attorney General had asked the Supreme Court to say that the order would not apply to at least all Florida law enforcement officers.
The challenger said it was pointless to allow police to arrest people for crimes that cannot be prosecuted because of Williams’ ruling.
