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.

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.

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