1. United States
2. Fla.
3. Letter

This is what fascism looks like. A 20-year-old U.S. citizen—born in Georgia, armed with a birth certificate and Social Security card—is sitting in a Florida jail because Ron DeSantis’ new anti-immigrant law is so extreme, it can’t even tell a citizen from a “suspect.” Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez wasn’t driving. He wasn’t committing any crime. He was simply a passenger in a car. But that was enough for Florida police to arrest him as an “unauthorized alien”—even after a judge admitted there was zero probable cause. Why is he still being held? Because ICE wants a piece of him. This isn’t about immigration enforcement. It’s about white nationalist state power being used to target Brown Americans—citizens or not. Florida should be better than this! If the courts are being ignored, it is the duty of those sworn to uphold the constitution to step in. It is part of your swearing in ceremony where you made an oath to “support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.”