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New Florida law cracking down on undocumented immigrants is challenged

Immigrant-Advocacy groups filed a potential class-action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new Florida law aimed at cracking down on undocumented immigrants.
The Florida Immigrant Coalition, the Farmworker Association of Florida, and two plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in federal court in Miami.
The lawsuit alleges that the law violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution because immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility.
The law creates state crimes for undocumented entry into Florida and conflicts with federal responsibilities on immigration enforcement.

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Immigrant advocates sue Florida over new immigration crackdown law

Immigrant advocates are suing in Florida, questioning the constitutionality of the state’s new illegal immigration law.

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Florida considering temporary housing to hold detained immigrants

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New Florida law cracking down on undocumented immigrants is challenged

Immigrant-advocacy groups have filed a potential class-action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new Florida law aimed at cracking down on undocumented immigrants. The Florida Immigrant Coalition, the Farmworker Association of Florida and two individual plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in federal court in Miami on Wednesday. It challenges a law (SB 4-C) that passed during a February special legislative session. The law, in part, created …

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Lawsuit filed in Miami against new state law cracking down on undocumented immigrants

Immigrant-advocacy groups Wednesday filed a potential class-action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new Florida law aimed at cracking down on undocumented immigrants. The Florida Immigrant Coalition, the Farmworker Association of Florida and two individual plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in federal court in Miami. It challenges a law (SB 4-C) that passed during a February special legislative session. The law,...

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Federal Court Halts Florida’s Cruel Anti-Immigrant Law SB 4-C in

A federal court has granted a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of Florida Senate Bill 4-C (SB 4-C), an extreme anti-immigrant law that created new state crimes targeting immigrants entering and living in Florida.

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