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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state- politics/article288691580.html

A federal judge that temporarily blocked the enforcement across Florida of
one of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ major immigration policies that criminalizes
anyone who transports undocumented immigrants into the state appeared to
waffle on what the scope of the ban he issued should be. Just hours after
Judge Roy K. Altman made clear that his injunction issued Wednesday was
meant to apply statewide, he issued a separate order on Thursday in which
he pondered whether his own ruling was too broad — sparking confusion
among immigration attorneys and advocates. “On further reflection,” Altman wrote in an order released Thursday afternoon, “we now invite further
briefing on the proper scope of the injunction.” Altman invited the
attorneys on the case – representing Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody
and the Farmworker Association of Florida — to make arguments by June 6
about how widely the order should apply. For now, lawyers have said that
the injunction continues to be enforced statewide. Advocates and lawyers
had celebrated Wednesday’s ruling, arguing that the law harms service
providers who assist immigrants, mixed-status families that live in
different states and seasonal farmworkers who chase crops across the
country. Read more: Judge blocks Florida law criminalizing transport of undocumented immigrants into state The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested
at least 11 people under the statute, with additional arrests likely in
local jurisdictions. In one case, a Mexican national has been detained in county jail for more than six months after he was arrested on human
smuggling charges for driving six other Mexican nationals in a van from
Georgia into Florida. Yesica Ramírez, general coordinator for the
Farmworker Association that the group was “very grateful” with his
decision, because the law had a “very negative impact” within Florida’s immigrant communities. EXPLAINING THE FLIP FLOP The Florida law at the
center of the case has been a cornerstone of DeSantis’ immigration agenda
since it went into effect last year. The law makes it harder for
undocumented immigrants to live and work in Florida and hampers service providers’ ability to transport undocumented immigrants across state lines
to appointments for medical and immigration services. The Farmworker Association of Florida, an advocacy group of nearly 12,000 seasonal and
migrant workers in the state, challenged the law, with help from attorneys
from the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Americans for Immigrant Justice and the American Immigration Council.
Altman, a Trump-appointed jurist in the Southern District of Florida,
cited a legal debate over so-called universal injunctions — sweeping court orders that can halt the enforcement of a government policy — which
experts say judges have used with more regularity since the Trump administration. In his first order on Thursday, Altman had rejected
Florida officials’ argument that the preliminary injunction should be
limited so that it applied only to plaintiffs with standing in the case because, among other reasons, it would cause “needless” litigation on the matter. He also wrote that “courts routinely grant statewide injunctions”
when plaintiffs can likely show that a state law is preempted. In the
judge’s second order on Thursday, he did not discuss the merits or
legality of DeSantis’ law, rather he asked the parties to explain why the
order should apply to the plaintiffs alone, South Florida or the entire
state. Altman quoted a court order issued on May 7 in a federal case in Arkansas that concluded the state cannot prevent two high school teachers
from discussing critical race theory in the classroom. In that ruling, the federal judge stopped short of more broadly blocking the state from
enforcing its ban on the subject matter in public schools. This story was originally published May 23, 2024, 5:15 PM. CORRECTION: A story that ran
in Friday’s e-Newspaper incorrectly characterized the effect of a judge’s
order on a ruling blocking the enforcement of a Florida immigration
policy. The injunction remains in effect statewide.


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