Suit Challenges Florida’s Authority To Detain Migrants Under 287(g)

What Section 287(g) Actually Does: The federal statute lets DHS train and certify individual state officers to perform specific immigration functions under federal supervision. It doesn’t authorize states to operate their own immigration detention facilities or bypass federal custody procedures. Think of it as deputizing sheriffs, not licensing state agencies to run parallel immigration systems.

The case is M.A. et al. v. Guthrie et al., case number 2:25-cv-00765, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.