The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a real estate management company’s appeal of a state Supreme Court decision that found state laws governing wages and work hours apply to immigrants who are in the country illegally.

The high court declined to give certiorari to Marmic LLC’s appeal of the state court’s March decision, which found that federal law that bars employing individuals without legal permission to enter or work in the United States does not conflict with New Jersey’s Wage and Hour and Wage Payment laws.

As is its practice, the U.S. Supreme Court did not provide a reason for rejecting the appeal. READ MORE