Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked the Supreme Court on Monday to pause a lower court’s order blocking a state law that makes it a misdemeanor for an illegal immigrant to be present in the Sunshine State.

TALLAHASSEE — After an appeals court rejected his arguments, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier last week asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and at least temporarily allow enforcement of a new law targeting undocumented immigrants who enter the state.

The Florida Attorney General is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state to enforce a new immigration law while lower courts decide whether the law is constitutional