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Illegal immigrants. this is something that is politically very significant. republicans all over the country, by and large, have been trying to pass these laws. democrats have been fighting them this is a victory for those republican legislators who have been pushing for those laws. >> and you know, we cant talk about this state law without talking about e-verify, the federal database where some of the businesses you check documentation. this is part of the opinion, written by chief justice robe...

Correspondent molly henneberg was at the court for todays arguments? >> arizona republican governor jan brewer was at the supreme court today to show her support for an arizona law signed in 2007, by then democratic governor janet napolitano now the secretary of homeland security and help curb illegal immigration. the law now before the high court requires all arizona businesses to run information on all potential employees through e-verify, a data base run by the federal got to make sure theyre...

Good e-verify system. >> these are real people. these are mothers and dads and kids and they have this fear, the fear that her housekeeper had. by the way, i dont even want to get into that story, i think it is a sorry tale there after working for nine years, she didnt even get her a lawyer, i could tell that you could be done. >> well, you have it, joan. i want to you start with the politics of this. clearly governor brown, who wants to be governor again is talking to the latino variety there, ...

The fear that her housekeeper had. and, by the way, i dont even want to get into that story, i think it is a sorry tale there after working for nine years, she didnt even get her a lawyer. at least i could tell you that could be done. >> well, there you have it, joan. i want to you start with the politics of this. clearly governor brown, who wants to be governor again, is talking to the latino voter there, showing sympathy for the employee, not for the law, not being enforced clearly in that cas...

>> not exactly. you know, were taking incremental steps to ratchet it up slowly, very slowly. and there are other things i would like to see us do. >> what would you like to see? >> no is the answer to that. well, i would like to see us investigating whether e-verify is effective and operates without many errors. i would like to see more localities voluntarily using 287-g authority, memorandum of understanding with i.c.e. so their local folks are trained like prince william countys, to start dep...

Happened. this should never, ever have happened. we should never have been interpreting the 14th amendment so bizarrely. it has nothing to do with illegal immigrants. it was for slaves. >> let me how could you go about doing that. how would you go about rounding up the children to deport them from this country? thats what youre talking about doing. >> you dont have to deport -- round up, deport, you say all of these things as if thats the only way to deal with this issue. you are looking at, esp...

>> given that your statement basically talked about what already exists, are you -- and youre not really adding anything new to the debate. are you then satisfied with the level of effort against illegal immigrants in the commonwealth of virginia? >> not exactly. you know, were taking incremental steps to ratchet it up slowly, very slowly. and there are other things i would like to see us do. >> what would you like to see? >> no is the answer to that. well, i would like to see us investigating w...

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Through e-verify are approved fraudulently. is the l.a. times recording, does that ratify with you? >> im missing the question. >> my question is simple. are you enforcing these laws, or do you just have that law and not enforce it as the "l.a. times" inserts. >> we saw a disturbing article saying less than 1/p of the employers are signed up for e-verify. as they are required to be by arizona law. the county attorneys are supposed to take complaints. if the complaints upon investigation appear t...

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