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When the president answered that very, very intense question, ive got to ask, do you think he made some news there when he said, i think your mother should know shes safe, that she is the sort of person that we are de-emphasizing in terms of enforcement priority, even though this judge blocked this program that would allow her to apply for legal status, we are still not going to be deporting somebody in her shoes. was that news to you? >> it certainly was. and then the follow-up, which was, well...

Comprehensive immigration reform generally would allow us to reallocate resources precisely because all the budget of dhs instead of us chasing after families that may have been living here for a or 10 years and have kids who are u.s. citizens and are law abiding say for the fact that they didnt come here legally. if they have to earn citizenship, paying taxes, learning english, you know, paying a fine, going to the back of the line, but they are no longer a enforcement priority, that suddenly f...

That imcomprehensive immigration reform generally would allow us to reallocate resources because of dhs, instead of us chasing after families that may have been living here for five or ten years and have kids who are u.s. citizens and are law-abiding, say for the fact they didnt come here legally, if they have to earn citizenship, paying taxes, learning english, paying a fine, going to the back of the line, but they are no longer an enforcement priority, that frees up resources to d to do the ki...

New policy. we want to change it at the federal level. in the meantime, essentially establishing lowest enforcement priority for states that have legal sale of medical marijuana and hopefully the next states that have legal sale of regulated marijuana is the best that the obama administration can do in the meantime. of course, they need to focus the limited drug enforcement resources after the real hazard here and i think asa and i agree, meth houses, heroin addiction, these are real problems an...

Steve? >> reporter: well, quite a few. one will come from the obama administration itself which claims the federal government alone is responsible for immigration policy. the president addressed the issue, but not the alabama law yesterday: >> our enforcement priority is not to chase down young people who are going to school and who are following all the other laws and are trying to make a contribution to society. >> reporter: and another appeal is expected from civil rights advocates. one of th...

Must question those suspected of being undocumented and hold them without bond and officials can check the immigration status of students in school and the status of their parents. but other parts of the law were blocked pending a final ruling. that would bar undocumented immigrants from seeking work, getting rides with citizens of those here legally and from attending a state college. the lieutenant governor is happy with the outcome. >> those parts that were upheld we have the strongest immigr...

I mean this is the president effectively saying that he is making this change in u.s. immigration policy. he is making it. even though they are so mad about it in washington and even though that federal judge has formally blocked his actions. this is president obama saying hes going to do it with his executive authority to decide what becomes an enforcement priority or not. regardless of the republicans being so mad, and regardless of that federal judge. wow. he also went on at the end of that s...

Battle. anita vogel is following the story from los angeles. the department of justice stepped forward over arizonas immigration law, giving police right to determine persons immigration status in the enforcement of other laws such as traffic stops. the federal law argues a couple of constitutional points; primarily, in our constitutional system the federal government has preeminent authority to regulate immigration matters and arizonas law will impose significant and counterproductive burdens o...

Battle. anita vogel is following the story from los angeles. the department of justice stepped forward over arizonas immigration law, giving police right to determine persons immigration status in the enforcement of other laws such as traffic stops. the federal law argues a couple of constitutional points; primarily, in our constitutional system the federal government has preeminent authority to regulate immigration matters and arizonas law will impose significant and counterproductive burdens o...