Judge Backtracks on Ruling That Blocked Part of Gov. DeSantis’s Illegal Immigration Law

A federal judge in Florida who temporarily blocked part of a statewide law criminalizing anyone who transports illegal immigrants into the state has backtracked on his ruling just one day later. In a supplemental order issued Thursday, Judge Roy Altman of the Southern District of Florida questioned whether his initial order on Wednesday had been too broad. “On further reflection, and given the ‘national conversation taking place in both the legal academy and the judiciary concerning the propriety of courts using universal injunctions as a matter of preliminary relief,’ we now invite further briefing on the proper scope of the injunction,” the judge wrote....