U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams expressed her disbelief as she focused on the case of a U.S. citizen born in Georgia who was arrested under the new state law on Wednesday by the Florida Highway Patrol and held for two days in a Tallahassee jail before a county judge dismissed the charge. The man was released Thursday night.

Gomez, arrested at a traffic stop, was held for 30 hours per ICE request despite proof he was born in Georgia. Here's what to know.

C, the law used to detain U.S.-born citizen Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, was used to arrest more than a dozen other people.