Supreme Court refuses to let Florida enforce state immigration law S.B. 4-C

Fill in the blanks: On June 30, 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law allowing Florida troopers to ________ suspected unauthorized entrants. On July 9, 2025, the Supreme Court issued an emergency ________ blocking the law.

Under DeSantis’s law, Florida troopers could have pulled over as many as 5,000 drivers a week for immigration checks.

Which branch of the federal government holds primary authority to enact immigration laws?

What power did Governor Ron DeSantis’s law, signed June 30, 2025, give to Florida troopers for immigration enforcement?

Only federal agencies and Congress have the authority to set binding immigration policy under the U.S. Constitution.