Judge blocks Florida law making it a crime to transport undocumented immigrants

TALLAHASSEE — A federal judge Wednesday temporarily blocked part of a Florida law that criminalized transporting into the state anyone who lacked lawful immigration status, raising new legal questions for other states pursuing similar measures.

The Farmworker Association of Florida sued the state in July, claiming that the component of the law related to transportation into the state was unconstitutional and that its 12,000 members would “suffer irreparable harm.” In his ruling, which cited the Immigration and Nationality Act and a previous ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Altman wrote that “this framework allows the federal government to retain control over enforcement.”

“All of a sudden they were faced with the wrenching decision of whether to stay or risk being separated from their loved ones,” he said. “This decision on the Florida law is yet another blow to an attempt by states to take over federal immigration enforcement,” said Kathleen Bush-Joseph, a policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute.

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