DeSantis and fellow state officials sued over new Florida immigration law
Posted on AllSides July 19th, 2023
From The Center
MIAMI (AP) — Several civil-rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s new immigration law. The Southern Poverty Law Center, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice and the American Immigration Council filed the lawsuit Monday in Miami federal court against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody and Statewide Prosecutor Nicholas B. Cox on behalf of the Farmworker Association of Florida and others, according to court records. The legislation that DeSantis, a Republican presidential hopeful in 2024, signed into law in May...
