US District Judge Mark Walker agreed with the plaintiffs that the new state law was unconstitutional and that enforcing the bans was unconstitutional.
SB 7050, signed into law by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in May, prohibits non-citizens from participating in the collection or processing of voter registration forms.
“We welcome the court’s decision, but we must ensure that this harmful law is completely repealed,” warned Daniel Talley, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida.
DeSantis has been heavily criticized in recent days after what is believed to be one of the strictest immigration laws in the country went into effect on July 1.
Several civil rights organizations announced a day later that they would be filing a federal lawsuit against the Republican.
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the group Americans for Immigrant Justice and the American Immigration Council warned in a joint statement that SB 1718 is “discriminatory against immigrants.”
His party’s candidate for his party’s nomination for the 2024 US election, already known for his anti-immigrant stance and discourse, would use this law to severely penalize illegal immigration and companies and individuals that provide jobs or assist the undocumented.
Another law DeSantis has enacted is HB 543, which allows free use of firearms in a country where gun ownership and violence smacks of a crisis.
In addition, pedophiles face the death penalty, abortions are banned after the sixth week of pregnancy, and public toilets are no longer accessible to people of a different gender than their gender.
If he becomes president, the imitator for former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) promised to build the border wall, abolish the primogeniture and massively deport undocumented people.
He also linked drug trafficking and immigration, so his plans include sending the army to the border and declaring a national emergency.
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