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its known as sb 1070. the law requires local police officers to check a persons immigration status while enforcing other laws, if they reasonably suspect that person is in the country illegally. we asked the romney campaign where specifically does the governor stand on this, does he support it, support it with reservations or oppose it. heres the answer we got. quote, governor romney supports the right of states to assist the federal government in enforcing immigration laws particularl...

immigration status while enforcing other laws, if they reasonably suspect that person is in the country illegally. we asked the romney campaign where specifically does the governor stand on this, does he support it, support it with reservations or oppose it. heres the answer we got. quote, governor romney supports the right of states to craft laws that assist the federal government in enforcing laws when particularly the federal government has failed in their duty to enforce those laws...

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antonin scalia said it may be okay for the states to step in if the federal government is not doing its job. quote, what does state sovereignty mean if it does not include the ability to defend your borders? and the law could be upheld if, quote, no significant number of people are detained for a significantly longer period of time, justice stephen breyer said. famously came out as an undocumented worker in a famous "new york times" op-ed last year. it ai lot of people are saying it lo...

keeping them honest tonight. it is kind of hard to tell. today the supreme court heard oral arguments on the challenge to the strict illegal immigration law. the law requires local police officers to check a persons immigration status while enforcing other laws, if they reasonably suspect that person is in the country illegally. we asked the romney campaign where specifically does the governor stand on this, does he support it, support it with reservations or oppose it. heres the answe...

status while enforcing other laws if they reasonably suspect hes in the country illegally. we ask where he stands on sb 1070. does he support it or oppose it? >> heres the answer. governor romney supports the right of states to craft laws that assist the federal government in enforcing immigration laws, particularly when the federal government failed in its duty to enforce those laws. that is one issue the supreme court is trying to decide. doesnt answer specifically the question about...

Time when debate over sb1070 really heated up until now, estimates are that as many as 2-300,000 illegal aliens have left arizona. >> reporter: that is called attrition through enforcement, the backbone of 1070, and martha, they argue the people, for instance, in the senate yesterday said you cant have a patchwork of laws apply to go immigration, but they say we have that with drugs, with firearms, and it was argued a few years ago with the epa when the bush administration was not enforcing the ...

The last immigration reform bill we had was 1986. it was follow thank amnesty that the situation actually got worse. the border patrol was arresting up to 1000 people a night in arizona alone. and it is that frustration with federal immigration policy that created the voter and taxpayer backlash that led to 1070. while washington is on trial today the commotions that created that are here in arizona. today, hispanic and proimmigrant groups and the aclu will basically gather here to protest 1070,...

You talk about their mother, their father, their brother. somebody they love. somebody they care about. >> i hear you say i will not be vice president, i will not accept this nomination. we think why? >> first of all, i ran to be united states senator. i think thats where i can best serve the nation right now. >> jeb bush, former governor of florida said you are his pick and he endorsed romney. >> he is my pick. i want jeb bush to be vice president. >> you are seriously holding to the line you w...

Theyre all informing federal government, calling in we want to check the status about that person. whether the federal government decides to prosecute that person doesnt change whether or not because of arizona law. the justice seemed so exasperated he said something to the effect i get the feeling the federal government doesnt want to know how many people are here illegally. folks from arizona and supporters of the law have be encouraged at least some four portions today, sounds like they may s...