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MIAMI, FL 鈥� Today, an appellate federal court refused to stay the trial court鈥檚 order blocking Florida Senate Bill 4-C (SB 4-C), an anti-immigrant law that criminalizes the movement of undocumented individuals into the state. Police made a number of arrests under the law, including arresting a U.S. citizen. Today鈥檚 decision extends a long and unbroken string of defeats that the courts have dealt to SB 4-C and similar laws in Texas, Oklahoma, Idaho, and Iowa. This now includes appellate decisions from the Fifth, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits. The original challenge was brought on behalf of the Florida Immigrant Coalition, the Farmworker Association of Florida, and several impacted individuals on behalf of a class of all people subject to the law. The federal district court issued a preliminary injunction against the law in April. In response, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court to put the order on hold. The unanimous three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit has now refused, and the law will remain barred while the case continues. The court explained that 鈥淸i]t seems likely鈥攇iven the federal government鈥檚 longstanding and distinct interest in鈥� immigration and Congress鈥檚 鈥渆xtensive regulation鈥� in this area, that the Florida statute is preempted by federal law. The court also cited Attorney General Uthmeier鈥檚 troubling letter that had encouraged law enforcement officers to violate the district court鈥檚 injunction, which was recently the subject of a hearing in district court to consider possible contempt-of-court findings and sanctions. The court refused to block the application of the injunction to police, and criticized Uthmeier鈥檚 鈥渟eemingly defiant posture vis-脿-vis the district court鈥� and 鈥渨hat seems to have been at least a veiled threat not to obey鈥� the court鈥檚 order. 鈥淭he Eleventh Circuit now joins every single court to have looked at these laws in blocking them,鈥� said Cody Wofsy, Deputy at the 吃瓜直播 Immigrants鈥� Rights Project. 鈥淚t is time for States to get the message: State immigration laws are unconstitutional. 鈥淭his ruling is not just a legal victory 鈥� it鈥檚 a resounding rejection of cruelty masquerading as policy,鈥� said Bacardi Jackson, Executive Director of the 吃瓜直播 of Florida. 鈥淔lorida lawmakers tried to use fear as law and racial profiling as governance. SB 4-C was a flagrant abuse of power designed to punish immigrants and divide our communities. But the Constitution does not bend to political theater. This decision is a reminder that no matter how many times they try to turn back the clock on justice, we will meet them in court and in the streets 鈥� every single time. Our message is simple: immigrants belong, and we will never stop fighting for their freedom and dignity.鈥� SB 4-C made it a felony for certain immigrants to enter Florida and mandated pretrial detention without bond. The law created new state crimes that plaintiffs argued were preempted by federal immigration law and infringed on the constitutional right to move freely across state lines. While this ruling is not the end of the fight against this illegal state law, it will prevent state authorities from targeting neighbors across Florida with cruel punishments they would not face under federal law in the meantime. 鈥淭he court's injunction protects our clients and countless others across Florida from arrest and detention under this cruel and unlawful law,鈥� said Paul R. Chavez, Director of Litigation & Advocacy at Americans for Immigrant Justice. 鈥淪B 4-C punished people simply for existing. Today, the Constitution prevailed.鈥�

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NEW YORK, NY 鈥� Mahmoud Khalil鈥檚 legal team submitted a brief and dozens of declarations and expert reports under seal late last night to the New Jersey federal court overseeing Mr Khalil鈥檚 case, outlining the 鈥渋rreparable harm鈥� he and others will continue to suffer as long as he remains illegally detained in Louisiana, thousands of miles away from his family, and until and unless the Rubio Determination is overturned. In addition, Mr. Khalil submitted his own declaration, factually disproving the government鈥檚 allegations and highlighting the fact that the government abandoned reliance on the so-called "misrepresentation" allegations in closing arguments in immigration court this week. The redacted versions of the federal filings removing private information were submitted to the court today. This latest tranche of evidence comes days after federal district court Judge Michael E. Farbiarz issued an opinion ruling that the foreign policy grounds on which Mr. Khalil was targeted, arrested, and detained are likely unconstitutional and therefore that he is likely to succeed on the merits of his argument. The court asked for additional information in order to rule on his outstanding requests for release and for an order enjoining Secretary of State Rubio's Determination while the case remains pending, which is what was submitted last night. Among the filings: Mr. Khalil鈥檚 wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, tells the court about the heartbreak and fear of not having him next to her in the first weeks of their son鈥檚 life. Students and professors at Columbia and beyond write about the extreme fear and chill on their ability to stand up for Palestinian rights stemming from his arrest and detention. A former State Department official declares Mahmoud鈥檚 detention for advocacy runs counter to basic democratic values and is the kind of 鈥渁rbitrary detention鈥� seen in autocratic regimes. An expert writes about the stigma and pain from the Islamophobic depictions of Mr. Khalil and his family. Legal service providers detail the spike in requests for legal assistance from frightened community members since his arrest. Mr. Khalil is still waiting for a full and final ruling on the preliminary injunction motion, in addition to his pending motions for release on bail and for him to be returned to New Jersey. On March 8, the Trump administration and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) illegally arrested and detained Mr. Khalil in direct retaliation for his advocacy for Palestinian rights at Columbia University. Shortly after, DHS transferred him 1,400 miles away to a Louisiana detention facility 鈥� ripping him away from his wife and legal counsel. Mr. Khalil is represented by Dratel & Lewis, the Center for Constitutional Rights, CLEAR, Van Der Hout LLP, Washington Square Legal Services, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), the 吃瓜直播 of New Jersey, the 吃瓜直播 of Louisiana, and the 吃瓜直播 (吃瓜直播). For all case materials, please see here.

WASHINGTON 鈥� A federal judge in Washington, D.C., held that the removal of over 130 Venezuelan men under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15 was unlawful and ordered the Trump administration to provide them access to habeas corpus relief. The case is J.G.G. v. Trump. The lawsuit was filed by the 吃瓜直播, Democracy Forward, and the 吃瓜直播 of the District of Columbia. President Trump鈥檚 invocation of the centuries-old wartime act in peacetime is unprecedented and lawless; were it not for court orders stopping it, the administration would have sent many more people to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador without due process. Chief Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued the preliminary injunction. He ruled that the class members were unlawfully removed to CECOT before they had received constitutionally adequate notice of the reason for that removal or any meaningful opportunity to actually seek habeas relief, and is requiring the government to propose, within a week, a process that will give them that opportunity. In his ruling, the judge described what happened to the class as Kafka-esque, noting 鈥淐ECOT Plaintiffs never had any opportunity to challenge the Government鈥檚 say-so鈥� before they were 鈥渟pirited away,鈥� and how since then 鈥渟ignificant evidence has come to light indicating that many of those currently entombed in CECOT have no connection to the gang and thus languish in a foreign prison on flimsy, even frivolous accusations.鈥� The following is reaction to the ruling: 鈥淭he court properly recognized that the government cannot send people to a notorious foreign gulag without due process and then wash its hands of the situation,鈥� said 吃瓜直播 attorney Lee Gelernt, lead counsel who argued the case. 鈥淭oday鈥檚 ruling affirms what every American knows: in the United States, people are entitled to due process and no one should be removed from the country without it. What has long separated the United States from autocratic regimes is the recognition of this process. We will continue to oppose this administration鈥檚 attempts to re-write the protections afforded under our Constitution,鈥� said Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward. 鈥淭oday鈥檚 decision vindicates one of the most fundamental promises of our nation鈥檚 Constitution: that a person cannot be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. At stake in this case is no less than whether a U.S. president can, at will, disappear people he views as enemies. No practice could be more odious to our Constitution,鈥� said Scott Michelman, legal director of the 吃瓜直播 of the District of Columbia. The ruling is online here.