A U.S. citizen was arrested in Florida for allegedly being in the country illegally and held for pickup by immigration authorities even after his mother showed a judge her son’s birth certificate and the judge dismissed charges.

A sweeping immigration bill recently signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is sparking fears of deserted workplaces – and barren grocery shelves.

An investigation showed that 45-year-old Thomas Kennedy was connected to a series of five burglaries last week, detectives said.

We are getting record breaking cases and you are doing nothing, Thomas Kennedy said seconds after the governor arrived at the podium. DeSantis was speaking from Jackson Memorial Hospital at Monday, 24 hours after the Florida Department of Health reported a record-breaking 15,299 new cases. South Florida, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, continue to report the highest case numbers and hospitalizations overall. Shame on you, you should resign, Kennedy said as he was forced out of the conference room. Its unclear how Kennedy was granted access to the hospital conference room.