Sanctuary cities
MIAMI — A federal court in Florida ruled the state can’t enforce a ban on sanctuary cities and also cannot require law enforcement officers or agencies to “use best efforts to support the enforcement of federal immigration law,” finding those provisions of Senate Bill 168, which the state Legislature passed in 2019, are unconstitutional because they violate the equal protection clause.
Brief / September 21, 2021
Read the order here.
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