Jackie Llanos

1 week ago | southfloridareporter.com | Mitch Perry |Jackie Llanos

Gov. Ron DeSantis is standing by Attorney General James Uthmeier's open defiance of a federal court order requiring law enforcement agencies in Florida to halt immigration arrests under a new state immigration law. Talking with reporters in Tampa, the governor said the episode raises a "larger issue" of who can enact public policy in the United States. "He's right on the law," DeSantis said about Uthmeier's decision to defy the court.

1 week ago | rawstory.com | Jackie Llanos

Gov. Ron DeSantis is standing by Attorney General James Uthmeier’s open defiance of a federal court order requiring law enforcement agencies in Florida to halt immigration arrests under a new state immigration law. Talking with reporters in Tampa, the governor said the episode raises a “larger issue” of who can enact public policy in the United States. “He’s right on the law,” DeSantis said about Uthmeier’s decision to defy the court.

1 week ago | floridaphoenix.com | Mitch Perry |Jackie Llanos

Gov. Ron DeSantis is standing by Attorney General James Uthmeier’s open defiance of a federal court order requiring law enforcement agencies in Florida to halt immigration arrests under a new state immigration law. Talking with reporters in Tampa, the governor said the episode raises a “larger issue” of who can enact public policy in the United States. “He’s right on the law,” DeSantis said about Uthmeier’s decision to defy the court.

1 week ago | floridaphoenix.com | Jackie Llanos

by Jackie Llanos, Florida Phoenix May 7, 2025 The Florida Legislature passed a bill at the 11th hour of its regular session that could shutter low-performing nursing schools in an attempt to improve the state’s standing on the national nursing exam. Before the legislative session started, lawmakers sought answers from nursing school administrators about why Florida has the worst passing rate on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).

1 week ago | miamitimesonline.com | Jackie Llanos

Despite possibly facing contempt sanctions, Attorney General James Uthmeier won’t tell law enforcement to comply with a federal judge’s order suspending an immigration law that led to the arrest of a U.S. citizen. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams is considering holding Uthmeier in contempt over his greenlighting of arrests under a law making it a first-degree misdemeanor for a person to enter the state as an “unauthorized alien” — despite her order temporarily blocking enforcement.