Summary
Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier is appealing a federal judge’s injunction that blocks enforcement of a new state law making it a misdemeanor for undocumented immigrants to evade immigration officials. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams issued a temporary order after a lawsuit from the Florida Immigrant Coalition and ACLU, citing potential violations of the Supremacy Clause. Uthmeier initially directed law enforcement to refrain from enforcing the law but later contradicted himself, arguing the judge’s ruling was legally incorrect.