Florida Attorney General James Usmierer has directed state law enforcement to halt undocumented arrests of immigrants under the new immigration law after federal judges doubled the restraining order against the state.
The order comes after U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams said she was “shocked” at the state’s decision to continue her arrest after she issued an earlier order to order officials to halt earlier this month.
The Florida Attorney General’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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Florida Attorney General James Usmierer and former Lt. Col. Janet Nunez will be present on the first day of the legislative meeting held at the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Matias J. Ochner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service
Under state law, it is a misdemeanor for illegal immigrants to enter Florida.
In a letter to state officials, Uthmeier directed state law enforcement to comply with the judge’s orders, despite not agreeing to the decision.
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Immigrant detainees entering and leaving the country will be processed at the Chrome Service Processing Center in Miami, Florida. (Jack Gruber/USA TODAY)
The order comes after a state suing lawyer revealed that he had made 15 arrests in the past two weeks, including a US citizen born in Georgia.
Last week, 20-year-old Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez was drawn to the Florida Highway Patrol near the Florida-Georgia border and was later detained by immigration officers. It is unclear whether Gomez, who was detained under a new law signed by Gov. Ron Desantis in February, provided identification when he was arrested.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will talk about immigration issues and sign a memorandum between US immigration and customs enforcement, the Homeland Security Investigation and the Florida Expressway patrol at a roundtable event held at Florida Gulf University on January 29, 2025. (Andrew West/The News-Press/USA Today Network)
Gomez was charged with illegal entry to Florida and was detained in the Leon County Jail, where the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) demanded that he be held for up to 48 hours. The next day, Gomez was released after his mother provided her birth certificate, Social Security card and state identification card in court.
ICE and the Florida Immigration Coalition did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Fox News Digital.
A task force consisting of local and federal law enforcement agencies searched a vehicle suspected of illegal immigrants in St. John’s County, Florida on Monday, February 24, 2025, after a traffic stop. (Fox News Digital’s Stephanie Keith)
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The next hearing regarding the enforcement of state law is set for April 29th.
Dana McNicholl and the Associated Press of Fox News contributed to this report.
