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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Schneider

Florida attorney general identifies wrongful charges under halted immigration law

Immigration Law Florida - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

At least two people have been wrongly charged under a Florida law that outlaws people living in the U.S. illegally from entering the state since a federal judge halted its enforcement, according to a report Florida's attorney general is required to file as punishment for defying the judge's ruling.

Both men were arrested in late May by deputies in northeast Florida's St. Johns County, more than a month after U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams in Miami issued an order freezing the enforcement of the state statute. The law makes it a misdemeanor for undocumented migrants to enter Florida by eluding immigration officials.

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