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Richard Luscombe in Miami

How Ron DeSantis’s ‘chilling’ anti-immigration law hurts Florida workers

a white man in a black suit and red tie scowls in dappled sunlight
Ron DeSantis in Orange City, Florida, on 5 February 2024. Photograph: Paul Hennessy/Sopa Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump will this week decide whether to reinforce his ban on a key part of Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s “callous” anti-immigration law after handing the extremist Republican a humiliating courtroom defeat last month.

The Miami district court judge Roy Altman has invited written arguments from both sides after ruling that the “human smuggling” clause of a sweeping immigration bill DeSantis signed into law last year exceeded the state’s authority.

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