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Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The Supreme Court has left in place a lower

court decision that blocked part of a law in Florida that makes it a crime for undocumented immigrants to cross

into the state. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports the statute imposed various mandatory prison

terms for violating the law. The High Court's action came in a one-sentence order without any

elaboration and without any noted dissents. The result is that for now at least,

the challenge parts of the Florida law are dead on arrival. Immigant rights groups brought the challenge

arguing that the Florida law conflicted with federal law and under longstanding Supreme Court precedent,

states must bow to federal law in the event of such conflicts.

Florida is not the first state that's tried and failed to criminalize illegal immigration by state law.

In recent years, federal judges have blocked such efforts in Oklahoma, Idaho, Iowa, and Texas as well

because they conflict with federal immigration laws.

Nina Totenberg and PR News, Washington.

The death toll continues to rise in central Texas, nearly a week after catastrophic flooding,

devastated the region.

At least 118 people have died as search and rescue efforts continue for more than 160 people, including 36 children.

Joe Herring Jr. is the mayor of Curville, one of the hardest hit areas.

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