Anyone suspected of illegally crossing into the state from mexico. The fight over who can police the border escalating and the Supreme Court weighing in. Nearly half a Million People here in el paso have to basically justify their presence in the United States because of the color of their skin. Norah what this means for the battle over immigration. Texas very simply is enforcing the laws. Norah Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with a ruling from the Supreme Court that allows a sweeping texas Immigration Law to go into effect for now. In a 63 decision, the nations highest court said it wont block the law, known as sp 4, that gives local and state police the power to arrest and detain migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally. The federal government has been the Sole Authority of Immigration Enforcement for decades. Critics say this ruling is an affront to federal law. The case now heads bac
it, thank you, guys. good, good evening, martha maccallum and these are the breaking stories that we will touch on all throughout today. general pat ryder is in the briefing room as we speak as iraq condemns the united states for taking out the leader of a iran-backed militant group adding fuel to a very volatile situation in the middle east. we did carry out that retaliation that you see on the right-hand side of your screen. he is answering questions about that and we will monitor that as dancing more will join me with reactions to the escalations that we are seeing all across the region and where the united states goes next. first, back here at home become a very serious blame game is going on over our border at the white house and pointing fingers at each other as the migrants shatters record after record after record, watch. [indistinct] under president biden from america s lead out to illegal immigrants, smugglers and cartels. he is responsible for the great threat
martha, good afternoon and it is pretty quiet out here but the federal government is going after the state of texas once again trying to secure its own border. the feds are suing texas over its new border security law called sp 4 peer they want to block and say it is unconstitutional. here is the lawsuit that says in part. texas cannot run its own immigration system and the efforts before intrude on the federal government s exclusive authority to regulate the entry and removal of noncitizens. frustrate the united states operations and proceedings and interfere with u.s. foreign relations. sp 4 is invalid and must be enjoined. in eagle pass yesterday and they are promising there is help on the horizon. take a listen. every state and city in the country as a border state, but i want to say a personal thank you and salute to taxes. you have bore the brunt of this,
the polls show that gratis weakness the president has, border security. he needs to make sure he does everything to work a deal out. otherwise it will affect him. it will affect other democrats. i did not mean outliers as a pejorative, i just mean that your stance is different from most democrats. i want your voice on sp 4. that s the one that makes it a crime in texas for migrants to cross the border from mexico. it gives local law enforcement the ability to arrest people who they believe are undocumented. how do you expect greg abbott will respond to the doj s demand? he will not listen to them at all. he will continue doing that. the legislator passed that.