A federal judge has found Florida's attorney general to be in civil contempt over her ruling that put on hold a new state law making it a misdemeanor for people living in the U.S. illegally to enter the state.

"Litigants cannot change the plain meaning of words as it suits them, especially when conveying a court's clear and unambiguous order," the Miami judge wrote in her contempt order.

A federal judge held Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt for sending a letter to local police suggesting he couldn’t prevent them from disobeying her order pausing a new immigration law.