Florida can't enforce a controversial new law targeting undocumented immigrants entering Florida, the Supreme Court said on July 9.

Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday left in place a block on a new Florida immigration law that imposes criminal penalties on migrants who are in the U.S. illegally and enter into the state, with the justices declining to pause a lower court decision that stopped it from taking effect while legal proceedings move forward.

Under the law, known as SB 4-C, anyone who “knowingly enters or attempts to enter [Florida] after entering the United States by eluding or avoiding examination or inspection by immigration officers” can be convicted of a first degree misdemeanor.