In the last few hours, it was announced a court ruling that annuls an important part of the migrant law that Florida passed in 2023. Among the multiple aspects of the immigration regulations promoted by Governor Ron DeSantis, the criminalization and, therefore, the punishments for transporting undocumented immigrants within the state’s territory were annulled.
After approval occurred, Different civil associations filed a lawsuit against DeSantis, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and state attorneys from all 20 judicial circuits. According to her, she stated News Channel 8, The plaintiffs’ argument was that that part of the rule cannot be appliedsince it interferes with the scope of federal laws that regulate immigration, which have a higher hierarchy than state laws.
In response, Federal Judge Roy Altman ruled in favor of the claim and repealed this section of the regulations. This means that, for the moment, Section 10 of the law, which makes it a crime to transport undocumented migrants, is inactive. Because they were not included in the lawsuit, the other parts of the legislation remain active. This means that there were no changes on issues such as the sanctions for an employer for hiring an undocumented person, the invalidity of undocumented driver’s licenses issued by other states and the information that hospitals that receive Medicaid must provide, among others.
The defense of Florida and the judge’s arguments to annul the immigration law
In his defense, The state stated that its law does not interfere with federal regulations, since it regulates issues that are not included in national legislation. However, Judge Altman did not give rise to this argument. In accordance with News Channel 8stated that when Congress covers a complete field of regulations, complementary state regulation is inadmissible. The office of Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has already announced that they will appeal this measure..
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