A federal judge in Florida said local police must follow her order not to enforce a new state immigration law despite the state’s attorney general stating otherwise.

A federal judge has told attorneys for the state of Florida that an order freezing the enforcement of a new state immigration law absolutely did apply to all of the state’s local law enforcement agencies,

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier's office quickly appealed on Tuesday after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against a new Florida law aimed at cracking down on undocumented immigrants who enter the state.

You just can’t walk up to people with brown skin and say give me your papers,’ a federal judge told Border Patrol attorneys at a hearing challenging recent immigration sweeps.

Border Patrol agents carried out sweeps in California’s Central Valley. Lawyers argued that people were stopped and arrested based on their skin color.

A federal judge in California has barred Border Patrol agents from arresting someone suspected of living in the U.S. illegally unless they have a warrant or a reason to believe the person might flee b

Milwaukee County Chief Judge Carl Ashley said, "We're all concerned" about Judge Dugan's arrest and questioned "whether that process was necessary."

Judge Hannah Dugan will have a preliminary hearing in May. Her case would likely eventually go before a grand jury.