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The immigration fight is far from over and farmers branch Texas that -- is getting a second chance to enforce an ordinance there.

That would be an undocumented immigrants from wrenching.

And the decision could have some national.

Implications.

Our next guest has been pushing to uphold this ban joining us.

-- council member in the town of farmers branch city Texas good morning to David.

Good morning first -- for our viewers why do you want and why have you been fighting so long for this.

To ban illegal immigrants from renting in your town.

There are a lot of reasons on the national level of impact it would head on on the economy the jobs that are taken -- -- traditionally been.

Middle class jobs are no longer available -- wages have been driven down but on the local level we're looking more at issues like.

Overcrowding in schools under performance.

The impact on overcrowding -- seen crimes the hospital will be driven to the point of near bankruptcy.

And so the actions are they're driven for protection races like that and -- what really drove it over the edge probably in 2006.

While this was boiling up under I'm kind of under the surfaces.

The sense of loss of the life of the two year old.

And our talent or -- drive by shooting occurred and it turned out there that the perpetrators or let perpetrators were.

Illegal immigrants.

You say is I'll have -- -- national implications explain that.

Well I think that that without a doubt -- discussions we've had with other cities council members residents players.

That that they're watching closely what's happening in farmers branch and if we're successful.

Then they'll be an opportunity for those panels to to step in and tried to avoid some of -- -- lessons of impacts that they've been counted themselves.

The plaintiff.

Gave us this statement quote no one other than the federal government has the authority.

To classify aliens originally the fifth circuit.

Found this unconstitutional.

And impermissibly.

Interferes with the federal immigration system why do you think this time the ruling could be different.

Well.

They have the best thing to do would be to take time to read the dissenting opinion from judge Iran in that case.

-- she had indicated that the two majority opinion judges have grossly overstepped their bounds and and misinterpreted the constitution misinterpreted the the key cases.

That have dealt with this issue.

And because it was so -- was able to get at least half of the members of the fifth circuit which is over ten judges -- believe.

Two take a second look at the the appeal and this last week we had a re hearing in the fifth circuit works sixteen judges sat.

To hear the oral arguments and it was pretty clear from the questioning that that they felt.

Majority felt differently.

On on the ability of a -- it does the recent Supreme Court ruling regarding the Arizona immigration bill.

Senate bill -- -- does that give you any indication about where this may end up.

We're we're very optimistic that it does.

It held up the key component of the Arizona law and we think the way that the judges ruled in that case -- -- -- -- it was written.

That's similar instance will occur for us that that the core of our ordinance will be up pale -- And and if there's any issues that might be on the fringe pieces which can be severed helped kind David thanks so much for being with -- will be following him.

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