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.

The Florida Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution for Michael Bell, convicted in the 1993 shooting deaths of two people in Jacksonville.

Plaintiffs in the age verification lawsuit said that the law violated the First Amendment, the U.S. Constitution's Commerce Clause and federal law. Florida wasn't alone in facing litigation for this type of law, since Free Speech Coalition also filed challenges in states including Tennessee, Louisiana, Utah, Indiana, Montana.