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Simply -- its like declaring war. arizona cant declare war in mexico. thats a federal responsibility. same thing with immigration. thats the theory behind the lawsuit. >> okay. for more on the implications of this legal showdown, lets go to cnns casey wian. heres the deal, we have a challenge from the federal government. now the state of arizona gets to respond. whats the state planning to do here? >> reporter: the state of arizona is clearly going to fight this lawsuit, and they say theyre goin...

Or az post. several times, critics of the new immigration bill are addressed. >> they doubt your professionalism and doubt your ethics and integrity. that is unfair and unearned. >> they will get training credits for watching it but there is no requirement they watch it. opponents of the bill like a phoenix attorney says its a problem. >> we will know which officers were trained and which were not. clearly we believe that even with training there is going to be a potential for racial profiling. ...

Arizonas new immigration laws that allows police to question anyone suspected of being in the u.s. illegally. casey wian reports from phoenix. >> reporter: from the moment she signed arizonas new law targeting illegal immigrants, governor jan brewer did little to calm the fear and anger felt by opponents with a stumbling answer to a simple but loaded question. >> what does an illegal immigrant look like? does it look like me? >> i do not know. i do not know what an illegal immigrant looks like, ...

Day, a good guy by the way, a straight shooter. do we have that tape, chris? put that up if you could. lets watch this together. mr. aguilar, ill bring you in that. >> would you ask that question of her? >> no, the question itself seems judgmental. >> i think thats a good point for you to make. >> then why did she try to answer it? >> rick, that too is an unfair question. >> because im putting you in a situation where you may have to criticize your own governor. and i dont want to do that to you...

All right? im looking at it. it says line 20, page 1, for any lawful act made by a law enforcement official, a reasonable attempt shall be made when practicable to determine the immigration status of that person. once again, for any lawful contact made by a law enforcement official. do you know what that means? because i dont. >> i think were also trying to figure that one out. there is definitely very differing opinions as to what it may mean. >> obviously i was like a dog with a bone with this...

Do. >> well, they used a term of lawful contact. and they were intending that to mean contact in the enforcement of a law, a traffic stop pursuant to a belief that an individual is violating a traffic law or an arrest pursuant to a belief that a person has violated some other law. so they have clarified the language. typically we see what happens. we have to remember that this a facial challenge, meaning the law hasnt gone into the effect yet, yet the aclu and others are rushing to the courthous...

Immigrant looks like. i know if az post gets themselves together, works on this law, puts down the description, that the law will be enforced civilly, fairly and without discriminatory points to it. >> az post is the agency that trains police officers, a description of an illegal immigrant or racial profiling was never part of the original law, yet president obama apparently didnt see it that way. >> now suddenly, if you dont have your papers and took your kid out to get ice cream, youre going t...

Enforcement. i will not tolerate racial discrimination or racial profiling in arizona. today i amish ewing an executive order directing the arizona peace officer standards and training board, az post to develop training to appropriately implement senate bill 270. importantly, this training will include what does and does not constitute reasonable suspicion that a person is not legally present in the united states. >> earlier today, at a naturalization ceremony for 24 active duty service members,...