The Brevard County Sheriff's Office has announced the first arrest under Florida’s newly enacted immigration law. The arrest comes just weeks after Governor Ron DeSantis signed the legislation, which makes it a state-level crime for individuals to enter or re-enter the United States illegally—an enforcement responsibility previously handled by federal agencies.

A federal judge has ruled that an injunction prohibiting Florida from enforcing part of a 2023 law aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration should be limited to plaintiffs who challenged the