An American citizen was held in a Florida jail cell on ICE’s orders after he was charged under a new, restrictive immigration law criminalizing “unauthorized alien” entry into the state. He was kept imprisoned even after presenting his birth certificate.
According to a report from the Florida Phoenix, 20-year-old Juan Carlos Gomez-Lopez was arrested on Wednesday during a traffic stop. The arresting officer claimed in his report that Gomez-Lopez was in the country illegally and took him into custody.
