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Hello, John. Deborah Mark left me alone here yesterday. You survived. Yes. You're a survivor.

Well, welcome back. We have big news, and this happened in the last two hours. They're calling this game changer.

And usually I question when I hear words like that, is this hype?

But it may be.

I'm going to tell you about it now.

And hopefully before the end of the show, we will get someone schooled in immigration

law to explain this in further detail.

But I will do the best I can based on the news reports coming out.

This is a Supreme Court decision.

And they have temporarily allowed Texas to enforce a new state law that allows Texas

police to arrest illegal aliens who cross the border from Mexico

into Texas. And I'll explain the background so you understand why this is such a shocking

decision. Virtually, everybody in the immigration government law business is really surprised. It was a six to three

vote. You may remember back in 2012, Arizona passed law that would have allowed state officials

and local police to enforce restrictions against illegal aliens. And the Supreme Court shot that down,

five to three. I remember we went out to Arizona to cover that issue. It was a really big deal

because the police were allowed to arrest and detain illegal aliens. And the Supreme Court

at the time said no. And the reasoning

was that federal law overrides state enforcement. If there's a conflict between federal

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