On Wednesday, May 22, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida struck down a key part of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ anti-immigrant law. Section 10 of Senate Bill 1718 made it a crime to drive an immigrant who entered the U.S. without inspection into Florida.

The law has deeply impacted immigrants and communities of color at large. Something as simple as a trip to the grocery store or driving to a doctor’s appointment became potentially dangerous and put large numbers of residents at risk of being arrested, charged, and prosecuted with a felony. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice, American Immigration Council, and the Southern Poverty Law Center successfully sought a preliminary injunction of Section 10 on behalf of the Farmworker Association of Florida and various impacted individuals, arguing that Section 10 unconstitutionally inserts the state into immigration enforcement. The court agreed that the law is likely unconstitutional, and temporarily blocked Section 10 from going into effect. It is expected that the Florida Attorney General’s office will appeal the ruling.