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.

Match each term with its definition: Supremacy Clause, shadow docket, judicial review, preemption.

Which mechanism did Chief Justice John Roberts and the Court use on July 9, 2025, to halt Florida’s immigration law?

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