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Distinct cuban accent. >> were going to get you really sunburned and drop you off in the water and someone is going to rescue you. >> reporter: he is a miami immigration attorney who has represented many caught up in this scam. >> this is a desperation act. it is never a good thing to present fraudulent papers. they lose everything. >> reporter: the immigrant we introduced to you in the beginning would probably have qualified for amnesty under obamas immigration reform. not now with a fraud mark...

Signs. but the manufacturer says it will foot the bill to fix it. that much money for signs? heather: independence day. at times you remember the sacrifices others have made to insure the freedoms we enjoy here today. colonel oliver north is streaming live for us from kabul with how some troops are celebrating today. >> we went to a great ceremony today. a wonderful ceremony of a naturalization for americans. 37 of them who joined the armed forces of the united states and are now american citize...

Rights of people to vote, how much federal power is there to knock down these laws? >> the federal government does have preimminence in the area which is why the supreme court found arizona law was in violation of the act. it closes the door for states that want to add extra burdens. the interesting thing about this case is there was not a direct issue of racial profiling but the civil rights advocates who dislike this law found it would harm hispanics and people of color. >> it usually does. yo...

We are on supreme court watch. we learned moments ago no decisions on californias prop 8 or the defense of marriage act, affirmative action or the voting rights act question. the court did strike down arizonas proof of citizenship law. pete williams is live outside the supreme court. what does this decision come to? >> reporter: this is a prop 200 from arizona which established that anybody who wants to vote in a federal election in arizona has to bring proof of citizenship in order to vote. tha...

Such a way as to include everybody that has citizenship and got it other than through naturalization so the fact that ted cruz had citizenship at birth and he clearly did under the statute that applied at the time, its pretty clear that he qualifies as natural born. >> so, theres always been this confusion and i have always assumed, if you were not born in the united states, you couldnt be president of the united states, but if you are born to u.s. citizens abroad, no matter where, if they are u...

Particularly were pointing to what happened the tragedy in boston as an -- i would say, excuse, for not doing a bill or delaying it many months or years -- >> i never said that. i never said that! >> i didnt say you did, sir. >> republicans in the house say theyre watching the senate process and will begin introducing their own legislation. the house judiciary chairman said boston is relevant to that discussion. >> the question arises what kind of information was used in the vetting of the natur...

>> well, first of all, his, i guess the right way to say this was that his application was pending. his application was way behind his brothers. he came to the u.s. a good year after his younger brother did. tamerlan, the older brother. so it was still pending and it had not been turned down. but as you accurately say, a factor in the, in for the reason that it was going a little slowly was partly this, the fact that he had been questioned by the fbi and partly the fact that he had had this run-...

Individuals were taken in for immigration violations and they apparently are friends of tamerlan tsarnaev. can you tell me any more about that? >> these are people, i presume he is talking about people detained in new bedford, massachusetts on friday evening. the fbi has been trying to investigate whether they had any knowledge of this. whether they had any role in it. they seem to have concluded that they dont. but theyre being held for now on immigration charges pending further investigation. ...

Revokation of his naturalization of his citizenship. i understand from the record he became a naturalized citizen on 9/11 of last year under false pretenses. he wore an oath of allegiance to our country and wore an oath to take up arm for our country and he took up arms against our country. >> judge jeanine: citizenship is not a criteria. citizenship is not a criteria for determining which court you go in the military tribunal report other. >> you dont have to make that decision now, judge. >> j...

States attorney initiate a revokation of his naturalization of his citizenship. i understand from the record he became a naturalized citizen on 9/11 of last year under false pretenses. he wore an oath of allegiance to our country and wore an oath to take up arm for our country and he took up arms against our country. >> judge jeanine: citizenship is not a criteria. citizenship is not a criteria for determining which court you go in the military tribunal report other. >> you dont have to make tha...