ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two men last weekend were wrongly charged under a far-reaching Florida immigration law that’s currently suspended by a judicial order, according to a Monday report from the state attorney general’s office.
Both men were charged in separate instances in Bradenton under a Florida law that outlaws people living in the U.S. illegally from entering the state, even though a federal judge earlier this year said the law could not be enforced while it’s challenged in court.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier disclosed the latest arrests in a report he has been forced to file with the court twice a month ever since he was found to be in civil contempt for telling officers they could ignore the judge’s order.
Those reports have shown that some Florida officers are continu