. >>> come by bill mobrey motors on the expressway in brownsville and prove it to yourself. we really do have great service and low prices. >> when a texas car dealer was found shot to death in his bed, it looked at first like suicide. but a closer examination of the evidence convinced investigators the man had been murdered in cold blood. a decade would pass and a family would be ripped apart before a jury rendered final judgment on what really happened that hot texas night. >>> in the early morning of september 16th, 1987 a couple in brownsville, texas watched late-night tv before going to bed. 43-year-old bill mowbray complained of having trouble with his back and told his wife, susie, he was going to sleep. about a half hour later, she switched off the tv and turned in for the night. soon afterward, the mowbrays' lives would change forever. susie said she heard a noise and woke up to see her husband's elbow pointing upward into the air. seconds later, she heard a loud explosion. she leapt out of bed and found him bleeding profusely. a pistol lay near his hand. she said s

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heidi zhou-castro is in brownsville texas and joins us now.i'll assume that this is not a step that a taken lightly to take down a programme this big. ruling. >> it's 150 pages wrong. in it executive action warranted a substantive change in immigration policy. obviously that is legalese for what does it mean. it means that this executive it action was not just guidance, but a change in immigration law in the few of the judge. it would have required legislative action or under the administrative procedural act it could have happened after an appeared of public comment and opinion. >> let's talk about the mechanics involved. the majority of states were against executive action. the order applies across the nation, and even in the 12 states that had filed the brief, in support of the d administration, despite that, this judge does rule until, of course, there's an appeals court that changes the ruling or it is appealed to the supreme court. >> the next step is to the fifth schett based in new orleans. how long does something like that take. would

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. >> heidi jo castro is live with us from brownsville texas and you spoke with people on both sides of the issue. what's their reaction? >> reporter: that's right tony, texas was the leader of the 26 mostly conservative states that filed the lawsuit against the obama administration, and they claim that the president overstepped his constitutional authority with an executive action with a cost to border states. last night a judge here in brownsville sided with those arguments and put a temporary injunction, which was applauded by leaders here, but devastating to the immigrant community. >> 36-year-old doris clutches an american flag in front of the courthouse where hours earlier, a federal judge ruled now is not the time for her to step out of the shadows. >> i was waiting for my kids to finish breakfast and i read it and started crying. >> this is your life. >> it is. and it's been this way for many years, and i thought i was going to do something and i read this, and it's heartbreaking. >> llama said her mother sent for her to come to the u.s. from mexico when she was nine. she crosse

from brownsville north. 10,000 plus per week. in november, after we put those individuals on the border, we saw apprehensions job i s dropped by 74%. i knew it would work. you knew it would work. my instinct is that the president knew it would work. the 10th amendment says, after those clearly defined -- everything else is reserved for the state or the individual. it makes a lot of sense. we are a diverse country. we are a diverse state. what will work in new hampshire may not work in oklahoma. what is in the best interest in the people of california made not the in the interest of people in texas. i respect that. washington doesn't. washington has is one-size-fits-all mentality. they want to tell you how to educate your children. here is the curriculum that you will use to teach her children. i do not believe in that. i think the governor of new hampshire and the legislator of new hampshire, working with the school administrators and teachers and parents will come up with the right curriculum to make the students in new hampshir

this is an extremely disappointing decision by a conservative judge in brownsville, texas.ot a surprise that texas and 25 other states chose brownsville to file this lawsuit. while it is disappointing, it is also an outlier. this decision for the much ignores decades of legal precedent and constitutional authority. it is interesting the judge did not rule the president's initiative that unconstitutional but decided to focus on a very procedural issue, which basically, the judge found the administration failed to follow the administrative procedures act and did not go through a public comment period. that despite legal scholars across the spectrum agree with us that this wasn't required that the president has prosecutorial discretion just as any other law-enforcement agency does to decide how to use its limited resources, who to deport, and who not to deport. recently the supreme court in 2012 in the arizona versus the u.s. decision said clearly and actually gave examples such as the administration has the authority not to deport parents of u.s. citizen children, workers, an

so in november of 1863, there was, in fact, a very, very large union army that had taken over brownsville, and then that unit from that army moved up in november of 1863 to capture key points along the coast. they were headed to corpus christi, they were headed up toward indianola, and eventually they intended to get to galveston. so at fort sims -- now it's out there on the tip of mustang island -- so this large army then of union soldiers wound up actually capturing, taking fort sims and capturing the entire garrison including captain william maltby. what happened to william and the other prisoners were taken, and they were sent to new orleans. by this time jasper, because of the seriousness of his wounds and all, had been -- he had been appointed commandant of the vicksburg garrison. and when he found out that his brother william was down in new orleans, he immediately arranged that william be brought up to vicksburg to be his ward. so i can only imagine, we can only imagine the, you know, the emotion involved in the two brothers, one in the blue uniform of the brigadier general, and t

place holder --el epicentro hoy es la corte del juez hanen en brownsville, texas...sion de impacto nacional al bloquear temporalmente la implementacion de la accion ejecutiva mientras escucha el litigio de 26 estados, se encara con el departamento de justicia.... en la solicitud de veinte paginas los abogados de la administracion argumentan que debe rescindir su orden para asegurar que el departamento de seguridad nacional pueda proteger la seguridad publica y la integridad de las fronteras... argumentan ademas que hanen simplemente no tiene la autoridad para emitir una orden tan amplia y que en todo caso debe limitarla a los estados litigantes.... --si hanen decide a favor de la solicitud del gobierno, podrian continuar los planes para la implementacion del dapa y el daca... sin embargo en texas continuan sonando los tambores de guerra contra la accion ejecutiva... paola facebook ayer el procurador general del estado prometio continuar oponiendose a lo que califico como una amnistia que viola los principios de la democracia y la constitucion.... mas a las seis, cont

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brownsville is on the border. this is the border and behind it is mexico. texas is leading a group of 26 states that you mentioned. in a claim that obama exceeded constitutional authority, and that border states will suffer increased price of illegal crossings due to president's actions. bill scans the horizon. here 50 miles north. >> the last three months i had 15 of them within a mile of the house. i had five of them trying to break the front door down. calvin showed them his kun and called border patrol. he saw more migrants since president obama announced 4.9 million undocumented immigrants could qualify for relief and work permits. calvin calls it amnesty. this is the land of milk and honey. they come over. the minute they across the boarder, they are on easy street. >> rhyl lives in a mobile home and works six days a week waiting tables and playing music at a nightclub. he crosses the border and lives with his family near dallas. two of his children are citizens. the longer we stay we have a place to live. >> his wife and eldest daughter is also undoc

. >>> come by bill mobrey motors on the expressway in brownsville and prove it to yourself.have great service and low prices. >> when a texas car dealer was found shot to death in his bed, it looked at first like suicide. but a closer examination of the evidence convinced investigators the man had been murdered in cold blood. a decade would pass and a family would be ripped apart before a jury rendered final judgment on what really happened that hot texas night.

. >> you are inspiring an entire world, not just brownsville, not just brooklyn, not new york city, not the united states, the entire world. >> reporter: this week the ellen degeneres show flew them to los angeles and presented $100,000 from target. >> they're outfitting every classroom at mott hall bridges academy with state of the art technology. and they're going to give similar grants to every school in the community. >> reporter: a principal who has helped students see their own value now sees hers. >> i appreciate you. >> reporter: rehema ellis, nbc news, brooklyn. >> how about that? that's why we call it making a difference. and that is our broadcast for this wednesday night. thank you for being here with us as always. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> number nbc bay area news begins right now. >> three armed suspects stormed into a tiffany store and rushed out with the jewels, thank you for joining us. >>> i'm jessica aguirre, straight out, three armed robbers rushed into a store in san francisco ordering everybody

. >> you are inspiring an entire world not just brownsville, not just brooklyn not new york city notted states the entire world. >> reporter: this week the ellen degeneres show flew them to los angeles and presented $100,000 for target. >> they're outfitting everything classroom at mott hall bridges academy with state-of-the-art technology. and they're going to give similar grants to every school in the community. >> reporter: a principal who has helped students see their own value now sees hers. >> i appreciate you. >> reporter: rehema ellis, nbc news brooklyn. >> how about that? that's why we call it making a difference. and that is our broadcast for this wednesday night. thank you for being here with us as always. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good nig. [screams] oh! [howls] (adam) you're going down, son. [laughs] belinda? breaking new details you haven't heard about his transformation. >> how he broke the news to kim, kanye, and the family, now on "extra." >>> bruce's brave moment of truth revealing his sex change plans. >> i'm

pedro rojas estÁ en vivo desde brownsville, texas, para contarnos. >> muy buenos dÍas, satcha.n decidiÓ expresarse a favor de esa demanda encabezada por muchos estados que buscaban de alguna manera de tener la aplicaciÓn, o suspender temporalmente la aplicaciÓn de esta acción ejecutiva emitida por el presidente obama en el mes de noviembre. muchos activistas han dicho que van a invitar a toda la poblaciÓn a que continÚe preparÁndose con esas documentaciones necesarias para beneficiarios del dapa y el daca, e incluso la asociaciÓn americana de derechos civiles dijo en un comunicado que ellos consideran que la acciÓn ejecutiva no es inconstitucional, y que esta decisiÓn es simplemente temporal y esperan que continÚe la aplicaciÓn de este beneficio, que como tÚ lo has dicho estarÍa beneficiando a millones de personas, padres de hijos ya nacidos en este paÍs o que tienen algÚn status residencial. ahora, mientras todo eso ocurre, el gobernador del estado de texas, el seÑor greg abbott, quien fuera el procurador general de texas hasta fines del aÑo pasado, fue la persona que encauzÓ

the decision comes after a hearing in brownsville, texas. it puts on hold mr. obama's orders that could spare as many as 5 million people who are in the u.s. illegally from deportation. the judge wrote that the lawsuit should go forward and that without a preliminary injunction, the states would suffer irreparable harm in this case. in the white house in a statement defended the orders issued in november, as within the president's legal authority, saying the supreme court and congress can set priorities in enforcing immigration laws. the department of justice has indicated it will appeal the decision. it would be healed -- it would be heard by the fifth u.s. circuit court of appeals in new orleans. john, what you make of this? caller: i think illegal aliens are a net drain on the u.s. tax base and the u.s. economy because of the socioeconomic input. they send money out of the u.s. while a u.s. service and would keep the money to stimulate the economy. they lower the wages of u.s. workers and replace u.s. workers in what were once good paying jobs with benefits.

he says the plaintiffs chose to file in brownsville precisely because judge hannen was seen as likely to rule in their favor. they say the judge has exsororiated many rulings saying the deportation policy endangers america and is an open invitation to the most dangerous criminals in society. congressman, what is your reaction to the ruling? >> like others, i was disappointed. you never want to go to court and lose. but as you mentioned, this was an tern general in greg abbot at the time, and folks in other states who were determined to court shop and find a judge they were pretty sure would rule in their favor. this is an injunction. hopefully the fifth circuit will put a stay on that injunction, but it was not a ruling on the merits at all. i think at the end, the fifth circuit, or if it finds it's way to the supreme court, the president's actions will be upheld. >> the plaintiffs in this case say the president does not have the authority to do that. they cannot allow for commenting that is required, making sure of the regulations are promulgated. >> i think what you see now is repub

el mas reciente ataque es la orden proviene de un juez federal del distrito de brownsville, quien alresponder a la demanda presentada por 26 estados contra la accion ejecutiva ha suspendeidi temporalmente la expansin del daca y la implementacin del dapa anunciadas el pasado mes de noviembre defensores de los inmigrantes dicen que esta es solo una batalla ... take sot take fs1 la orden dice: "la corte al haber hallado que al menos un demandante satisface todos los elementos necesarios para mantener la demanda concede un mandato judicial temporal para suspender la aplicacin de las medidas... take fs2 hasta que haya una resolucin final de los mritos de esta causa o una orden ulterior de este tribunal" la casa blanca ya ha anunciado que apelara la decision y sosteniendo que el presidente ha actuado dentro de su autoridsd con decadss de precedentes legales, pero por ahora esta orden detiene la expansion del daca y la implenentacion del dapa un dia antes de que los cerca de 270 mil soÑasores que califican bajo los nuevos lineamientos comenzaran a enviar sus formularios... paola on camera y

califica a dapa "no somos delincuentes quiero trabajar estudiar" afuera de la corte federal en brownsvillee otros hispanos quienes rechazazan la decision del juez del distrito sur de texas quien acepto el reclamo de 26 estados, liderados por el gobernador greg abbott.. tania chavez organizacin lupe "simple y sencilla una pausa junte documentos se reanude asi lo hagan" la decision del juez andrew hanen se habra detenido en los tribunales dicen estos activistas.. nats. pero no en las esperanzas de millones de indocumentados quienes ahora esperaran la decision de una corte de apelaciones del quinto circuito en luisiana. efren olivares "al apelar a corte de circuito, demanda continue" durante su informe estatal. greg abbott saludo la decision del juez diciendo que el presidente obama no consiguio los reglamentos cuando intento no respetart las leyes que son autorizadas por el congreso. anadio que vivimos en una nacion gobernada por un sistema de balance y esta accion previene que el presidente implemente sus propias leyes. por su parte para el procurados de texas ken paxton, tambie resalto el

. >> reporter: brownsville is right on the border that's the border fence.ehind it is mexico and this community was ground zero for the immigration crisis that pored across this border into the united states this past year. the flow has significantly slowed but there's fear that illegal crossings will pick up again, due to the president's actions. bill calvin scans the horizon, watching for undocumented immigrants approaching his farmhouse, here 50 miles north of the texas, mexico border. >> the last three months i have had 15 of them within a mile of the house. i had five of them try to break the front door down. >> reporter: calvin says he has seen more migrants since president obama announced that some 4.9 million undocumented immigrants would qualify the ability to stay now a suit states that border states will suffer the cost of more illegal crossings, and the president exceeded his presidential authority. a judge will decide whether to block the action. >> this is the land of milk and honey over here. they come over because the minute they cross the bo

district judge from brownsville texas ruled in a lawsuit brought by 26 different states that what the president did was illegal. and issued a temporary injunction blocking implementation of the president's executive action. if that were the end of it any amount of money appropriated could not legally be used to fund the president's executive action because there is an injunction and place issued by the federal court to say you cannot do it and indeed the administration has acknowledged that they have stood down but now they have come back to ask for a stay that if they don't get that they will go to the fifth circuit court of appeals to ask the appellate court tuesday the temporary injunction. there really reinforces what i and others have been saying for a long time now that the president acted outside of the law when he went around congress unilaterally change the nation's immigration laws. but the ruling gets to a broader issue in there is one part i found important that writing this opinion to explain his ruling you looked at the obamacare administration's case to a mention how yo

but that cold extends as far south as brownsville in texas. so overall very cold conditions.because you are definitely going to need those heavier coats and gloves. gerri: thank you so much for that. i wish you had better news, but i guess you've got to tell the truth. thank you. >>> well the 87th annual academy awards are this sunday even though many of the attendees will go home without having won an award, the losing nominees never go home empty handed. there's always that swag bag with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise. deputy awards and feature editor jenelle reilly breaks it down for us. good to have you here. >> thanks for having me. gerri: $167,000 the most ever. what's so valuable in the swag bag? >> well some of those prices might be inflated, because when i actually look and break down what's in the bag, i notice it's like $5,000 for a family portrait, you could probably, you know go to the mall and get something cheaper. [laughter] there's a lot of artwork, also valued at $5,000. some of the most interesting items, there is a $250 laser vibrator, actually

that are sponsored by our colleagues at the brooklyn district attorney's office in my district in brownsville. we work with the re-entry efforts and the re-entry efforts focus on job training and building skills so those out of prison can become productive members of society as opposed that continue to harm others in society. so you have raised very important issues and i look forward to continuing the discussion with you and people on this committee and throughout this body on those issues. >> thank you. >> another piece of legislation we are working on thanks to the court he issy and care of our -- courtesy and care of senator grassley is the juvenile justice and delinquency act which has been 12 years since the last reauthorization and i appreciate very much that the chairman has been willing to work on this and has made it one of the priorities for this committee obviously the way in which juveniles are treated in our correction system and as they are detained has been an important issue for the justice department and i would ask for your corporation and active support of our process goin

. >> heidi jo castro is live in brownsville, texas tonight. and heidi, for the undocumented immigrants where you are, what was their reaction to this court decision today? >> hey david, obviously it was not the news they were hoping for, but for the state leaders here in texas they're the ones celebrating. texas was the leader of this group of 26, mostly republican states that filed this lawsuit against the federal government, in it claiming that the obama administration overstepped it's authority, and that the states would bear the burden of its executive action. of course that brawnsville judge agreed and he issued this temporarily injunction for the immigrant community here, and that was devastating news. >> 36-year-old doris clutches an american flag in front of the courthouse where hours earlier, a federal judge ruled now is not the time for her to step out of the shadows. >> i was waiting for my kids to finish breakfast and i read it and started crying. >> this is your life. >> it is. and it's been this way for many years, and i thought

district judge andrew hanen, of brownsville, texas issued an injunction after a motion filed by texas and 25 other states. the administration said it will comply with the ruling and delay accepting applications for work permits and deportation reprieves. speaking at the white house, president obama said he's confident the decision will be struck down on appeal. president obama: this is not the first time where a lower court judge has blocked something, or attempted to block something that ultimately was shown to be law. i am confident that it is well within my authority, and the tradition of the executive ranch's -- branch's prosecutorial discretion to execute this policy to make our safe it will lp us go after criminals and thawe not want in this country. it will help people get on the right side of the law, and get out of the shadows. amy: judge hanen is an open opponent of obama's reprieve for undocumented immigrants, previously calling it an "an open invitation to the most dangerous criminals in society." protests for immigrant rights were held across the u.s. on tuesday. in los a

the people that i met from a drug dealer in brownsville brooklyn, to a scientist feeding hallucinogensnkeys, there is resistance all over this world. >> we have to break, but we will come back to the discussion. his book is called "chasing the scream -- the first and last days of the war on drugs." ♪ [music break] >> "strange fruit" -- billie holiday. this is democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. with juan gonzalez, our guest is johann hari on his new book "chasing the scream -- the first and last days of the war on drugs." >> your travels around the world -- you found places that have chosen another way. can you talk about portugal, what has happened in terms of drug addiction, and also vancouver. >> i was inspired -- they abandon the war model and try the alternative. in portugal, they had one of the biggest drug problems in europe -- 1% of the population was addicted to heroin. every year they tried harder, the american way, and every year it got worse. one year they said let's have a panel of doctors figure out what would solve this problem, le

and a judgment of united states federal district judge ruling on a case brought by 26 states in brownsville, texas, recently. so i cannot support her nomination. i do wish her well and hope her record will be better than that of mr. holders, but after six years of the obama imagination we've all learned that hope is not enough. finally, i want to acknowledge rolando vera george hanks to serve as judges in the southern district executed and bring the qualifications expensive commitment to public service we need in the federal judiciary. i want to thank the good work of the members of the texas federal judicial evaluation committee appointment senator cruz and myself as well as the white house counsel's office who's worked with us on these nominees. these three fine nominees instead how we can work together to get qualified nominees on the bench regardless of party efficient so i'm pleased to support these nominees and appreciate your putting them on today's agenda. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator cornyn. now senator durbin. >> and give a much better job. before any of us can s

reporters say the plaintiffs in the lawsuit chose to file in this district the 7th district in texas in brownsville precisely because the judge was seen as likely to rule in their favor. "new york times" points out the judge has exoruated the policies in several initially outspoken rulings, declaring last summer its deportation policy endangers america and open invitation to the dangerous criminals in society. congressman, your reaction to the ruling? >> well like others i was disappointed. you never want to go to court and lose. but as you mentioned in your opening segment, this was an attorney general in gregaboutabbot at the time and other states who were determined to court shop and find a judge who they were sure would rule in their favor. this is an injunction. and the hopefully the fifth circuit will put a stay on that injunction. so if this case finds its way to the supreme court the president's actions will be upheld upheld. >> the states are saying the president doesn't have the authority to to do that. that they did not take proper care to allow for commenting in the manner required by f

enteraron que la demanda de los 26 estados, encabezada por texas, habÍa llegado a esta corta de brownsvilleridades del presidente enfrentamos este tipo de demanda. esto es comÚn y esto no es la primera vez que una corte al nivel de esta corte ha tomado una decisiÓn que es-- por lo cual no estamos de acuerdo. pero el proceso es que hay que apelar, hay que seguir luchando, y esta administraciÓn, este departamento de justicia, este presidente, seguirÉ luchando. >> bueno, y paralelo a este proceso judicial, ¿cuÁl es el mensaje de la administraciÓn para los millones de personas que planeaban beneficiarse, que tenÍan esperado beneficiarse del alivio inmigratorio del presidente obama? >> bueno, es importante entender que las acciones del juez de texas solamente afectan a la expansiÓn de daca y al nuevo programa de dapa. el programa de daca que ha existido por los Últimos dos aÑos sigue en camino, y tambiÉn el cambio de las prioridades sobre la deportaciÓn en que estamos enfocando solamente las personas que han cometido delitos muy serios con las personas reciÉn llegados, que han reciÉn cruzado la

we will see the court of appeals agree with the judge in brownsville. think that is going to put pressure on our democratic colleagues. keeping supporting the president on some of the executive overreach is a nonstarter. betty: i don't know about you i've never heard a court act that quickly. three weeks is not buying you a lot of time. representative hurd: the court is going to signal what they're going to do and we are going to figure out how long they stay is going to continue. the state may be in place for several months or even a year. that will open additional intelligence of what the judicial branch is thinking. we need to make sure funding for dhs does not run out. betty: three weeks is three weeks. we had a democrat on yesterday who said you cannot plan a national security agenda on a three basis. you know that more than anybody else. representative hurd: we have a lot of threats. the threats are getting more complicated and more. we need to make sure that we are prepared for these threats. that the border patrol as you know my district has 820

saying they don't want one person to set policy, and yet there is this one conservative judge in brownsville, we want texas to be able to tell the federal government. >> get them out of our state. greece is one step closer to exiting the eurozone after talks with european creditors collapsed yesterday. who thinks greece is really going to exit the euro? >> what do we expect the greek government to do? imagine ted cruz being elected president and then saying, obama care is fantastic, let's keep going. these guys were elected to do something. the voters would rebel if they did something different. >> at the same time, do the voters want to exit the euro? they want their cake and they want to eat it, too. is it just going to go back and forth and back and forth and then at the last moment they will come together? >> that is what negotiations are, right? >> as we near the opening bell let's get a check on where futures are settling. they are settling mixed as we are near a record high. ♪ betty: welcome back to "in the loop." bringing you the most important stories before the bell. we've come to

coastline in color chris christie 7 november of 1863 there was the large union army that had taken over brownsvillenits from that army moved up in november of 1863 to capture key points along the coast and even intended to get to galveston. at fort simms, now on the tip of the island so this large army than, of union soldiers, want up capturing, taking for its sins and capturing the entire garrison including captain william maltby. what happens to william and the other prisoners were taken and was sent to new orleans. by this time jasper because of the seriousness of his wounds and all, had been appointed commandant of the vicksburg garrison and we found out his brother william was in new orleans, immediately arranged william be brought up to vicksburg i can only imagine, imagine the emotion involved in two brothers, one in a blue uniform of brigadier-general in the other in the gray uniform of confederate captain and that is where my book begins. this is a stirring emotional incident i wanted to bring to the attention of the readers write from the start and that meant for the next several months b

brownsville, texas. a george w. bush appointee from 2002. says in the action, no statute gives the dhs the discretion he is trying to exercise. says the president has surpassed his own authority and it is up to him to give the states the authority to fight back. erik: how is it going to affect posturing between the democratic party, the republican party, and the white house in the middle? peter: in the short term, you can move the legal fight to the side. a more immediate battle over funding for homeland security. which has republicans and democrats at odds. funding runs out on the 27th because there is language blocking the executive action. this could be a safety valve, an offramp. republicans could decide to find the agency and leave this fight in the courts. we have not seen that indication from leadership but this could be a plus in terms of that. if only in the short term. the larger fight is the legal fight over the president's executive action. the white house feels confident they are going to prevail. erik: even if the judge did not

a week ago the us district judge in brownsville texas court ruled in a lawsuit brought by 26 to states including taxes that what the president did was illegal and issued a temporary injunction blocking implementation. if that were the end of it in the amount of money appropriated by congress to fund the department of homeland security could not legally be used to fund the pres.'s executive presence executive action because they're is an injunction in place issued by a federal court this is you cannot do it. indeed, the administration has acknowledged that but have now come back and ask 1st day of the judges temporary injunction saying if they do not get that they will go to the 5th circuit court of appeals in new orleans and that the appellate court to stay the judges temporary injunction. the judge's ruling reinforces reinforces what i and many others have been saying for a long time that the president acted outside of law when he went around congress to unilaterally change our nation's immigration. the judge's ruling gives to a broader issue, and there is one part of it i find partic

>> over the last week recess, a very important decision was handed down by the federal court in brownsville texas, ruling in a case brought by 26 states, including texas, claiming that the president's executive action was illegal. the court wrote a lengthy opinion in excess of 100 pages long and issued a temporary injunction barring implementation of the executive action. as you know, the administration now is seeking a stay of that at the federal district court. if they don't get it there, which they won't, they will then go to the fifth circuit court of appeals in new orleans. but the most important point i think we need to acknowledge is that with this federal court injunction in place, any money that the united states congress appropriates for the department of homeland security will not go to fund the president's illegal executive action. because it's barred by a federal court injunction and subject to a contempt of court finding if that was attempted, that's why the administration has stood down and seeking the stay. but what we need to do this week is the majority leader has said, we