A.G. Gancarski
Gov. Ron DeSantis says the state will appeal a federal court ruling striking down Florida’s immigration law, contending it’s just the product of a “favorable forum.”
“Another day, another activist federal judge thought that the judiciary should be setting immigration policy rather than the elected officials,” DeSantis said.
The crux of the conflict: SB 4C, which proscribes penalties for illegal entry and illegal reentry, mandates imprisonment for being in Florida without being a legal immigrant and capital punishment for any such undocumented immigrant who commits capital crimes.
Judge Kathleen Williams, who was originally a Barack Obama appointee to the Southern District of Florida, questions its constitutionality, saying the law conflicts with the Supremacy Clause and the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Williams’ temporary restraining order temporarily halts the enforcement of the law. A hearing regarding a permanent injunction is slated for April 18.
DeSantis said this is just part of a familiar playbook.
“We see it all the time with these Judges all across America trying to throw sand in the gears of President (Donald) Trump’s lawful use of executive power. And then late Friday, we saw it here in Florida, where a liberal Judge in South Florida ruled that Florida’s laws against entering our state illegally are somehow not permissible under the federal Constitution.”
The Governor said he’s willing to take the case to the U.S. Supreme Court and that the state will continue to aggressively enforce immigration law.
“We are not taking the pedal off the gas one bit when it comes to enforcing federal immigration laws,” DeSantis said.
“We have strong agreements with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). The mission continues. We are going to be willing partners with the federal government in making sure that the laws of our country with respect to illegal immigration are finally enforced in that people here illegally are sent back to their home country.”
13 comments
Bill
April 7, 2025 at 1:43 pm
Write crappy laws and complain about activist judges when they get struck down. Sounds about par for the course. Maybe if they did a better job in the first place, they wouldn’t be overturned so easily.
Oscar
April 7, 2025 at 7:03 pm
Sorry, Bill, but nothing has yet been overturned. A radical leftist judge appointed by disgraced former President Obama has merely issued an utterly baseless TRO. Do you even know how many times corrupt Biden was definitively ruled against by courts at every level?
MH/Duuuval
April 8, 2025 at 1:11 pm
Obama disgraced himself in office? How is that?
Did he capitalize on his office to enrich his family dynasty? Did he disparage everyone from women to LGBTQ to the foreign-born?
No, that is MAGA Man who now is collapsing a constitutional order that took centuries to construct.
Michael K
April 7, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Power is all they care about. Absolute, autocratic, unchecked and corrupted power. Floridians are tired of being nothing more than Project 2025 lab rats. DeSantis has no political future in the MAGAverse cult and has nowhere else to go, except to fade into obscurity.
MarvinM
April 7, 2025 at 4:38 pm
You are not kidding.
I just read through it. The link is in the article. I suggest you all read it. That includes reading other sections of the statutes that are referenced in the bill so you understand what the bill actually says.
When you do that you will say “Hey wait, over here it says one thing but it seems like over here it says a different thing”, or you might say “But wait, what if the situation is such and such? That doesn’t seem to be covered here”. Like many Florida laws on the statutes still today, fuller of holes than Swiss cheese.
Oscar
April 7, 2025 at 7:11 pm
Sure, Michael K. Floridians are so tired of living in a well run, low tax conservative state with quality infrastructure and top rated schools. They would so much rather be a high tax, high crime liberal state with crumbling infrastructure, massive government debt and rubbish schools. Tell you what I’ll buy you a one-way bus ticket to California, Illinois, Massachusetts or New York. Your choice.
MH/Duuuval
April 8, 2025 at 1:13 pm
Putin is preparing a cushy landing place for former Americans who turn quisling, Peachy.
Gregory Jablonski
April 7, 2025 at 7:14 pm
First of all, the bill doesnt “proscribe” penalties. “Proscribe” means forbid. The bill prescribes penalties. Get a proofreader!
Secondly but more importantly, there’s nothing wrong with legal efforts to keep illegal immigrants out of Florida.
Jason Groce
April 7, 2025 at 10:06 pm
So something I’ve noticed being a US citizen and born here in my whole life family Navy seal, Secret Service submarine codebreakers I could just go on and on have a huge military family. What’s funny is watching them fight for Supreme Court judges to overrule changes to the country by the president to make it a safer and more efficient society, I have read and watched where illegal immigrants have come over here and robbed raped killed. What’s next terrorist coming into this country and buying guns blowing up buildings and us having war war three right here on our own doorstep you guys need to stop what you’re doing stop living in your turtle shell Supreme Court judge whoever you are that overrule Donald Trump’s decision about this and governor DeSantis have you noticed that Texas Florida and other states are really mad at the government I think we’re not on the edge of war war three I think we’re on the edge of a new Civil War senators and Supreme Court judges need to be humble and think about the pros and the cons of everything the constitution can be changed as the world changes that is the correct thing to do now let’s talk about this if we go to any other country it legally what happens to us so what in the hell are y’all doing?
Jason Groce
April 7, 2025 at 10:12 pm
You will never have a safe country until you roll with the times and this is not the 1800s we’re talking several hundred years later things have changed the constitution needs to change with that and these judges Supreme Court senators that all try to hide their identity and hide in their little rich houses off on a private piece of land don’t live in the real city and they drive to and from the courthouse so they really don’t understand the reality of what’s going on, but just wait for it. Wait till you find out that you kept letting illegal immigrants in here and they start blowing up courthouse buildings like that Oklahoma shit that happened even though that was an American that gave them ideas. Look what happened to the twin towers I’ll tell you what keep letting all these illegal immigrants in here and let them start World War II right here on home territory I guarantee you they’ll be a new senators Supreme Court judges I mean, that’s what we’re working on I mean what’s going on with the world we have a problem with housing. We don’t have enough medical in Florida to keep up with the people moving here which there needs to be a halt to that shit 1000 people a day do you realize that’s almost a half 1 million people a year moving here what’s gonna happen in 5 to 10 years when there’s too many people here and nobody can get gas if there’s a hurricane to leave that’s why I won’t buy a house here too is because you keep building houses all over the place and flood territories and keep inviting people to buy them and then the insurance companies dog you I mean this country is so upside down right now it’s not even funny and now y’all are trying to fight Donald Trump because of what’s going on with Biden why haven’t y’all prosecuted Biden for what he’s done this country is in shambles
MH/Duuuval
April 8, 2025 at 1:15 pm
Obviously your take on the Constitution stops before the Civil War.
Mark
April 9, 2025 at 11:06 pm
The guy that blew up the Murray Building was a US born veteran, as was his accomplice. They were both ultra-right wing eh-holes. Project much, Jason?
Fu
April 20, 2025 at 10:57 am
No where in the Constitution says trample all over the country and take it at will…
Disrespect. Failure appear in court..( usually that calls for a bench warrant )
Background checks that can’t be done for living safely…. but your mugshot is up their to do damage to you where ever you go…
Prejudice government in its own peers .
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