And this was an effort to ignore the plain language of the immigration laws. And I led an amicus brief, Amicus curiae is Latin for friend of the court. And I led an amicus brief that was joined by five members of Congress supporting the Trump administration's policy of stopping illegal immigrants. stopping them from coming into the country. And the Supreme Court agreed with my brief, agreed with the Trump Department of Justice, handed down that victory. (21:39–21:51)
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Asserts that Ted Cruz led an amicus brief supporting Trump's immigration policy.
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