US Supreme Court says Texas can arrest migrants

Breaking this afternoon, in a surprise move, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today, lifting yesterday's stay on Texas' controversial Senate Bill 4. Bottom line, state authorities may now arrest those suspected of crossing the border illegally while the case makes its way through the courts. Sherman Chow joins us with more on this. Sherman. Yeah, Ron and Ray, got some legal ping-pong going on here. Our legal expert says that this kind of a reversal in such a short time is unusual. Civil rights groups believe that this move will devastate immigrant communities and increase racial profiling. SB4 makes crossing illegally into the U.S. a state Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail, and returns undocumented individuals to Mexico. These charges could be dropped if the individual returned voluntarily. The Justice Department and civil rights groups are suing Texas, arguing that the federal government, not the state, enforces border security. The case is being appealed right now, and immigrant groups fear today's move is a bad omen. It seems that the Supreme Court has taken a way more aggressive political approach and decided to enact SB4 while they figure out whether or not it's constitutional, which is signaling to us that more than likely they will side with the Texas government, although we have yet to see. Meanwhile, Governor Abbott tweeting his response, saying in a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS allows Texas to begin enforcing SB4 that allows the arrest of illegal immigrants. We still have to have hearings in the Fifth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals, but this is clearly a positive development. Now, another concern Fial has is how will this order be enforced, and that this additional responsibility will tax already overburdened police officers. Guys? Sherman, thank you.