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People in arizona have but what we cant do is demagogue the issue and allow a patch work of 50 different states or cities or localities where anybody who wants to make a name for themselves say ill be anti-immigrant and ill try to see if i can solve the problem ourselves. this is a national problem. >> the president is talking to you and governor brewer. >> well, you know, i spent many years with the u.s. justice department drug enforcement administration, head of the operations, mexico city, te...

To thousands of illegal immigrants in this country without getting any approval from congress. without having to go through congress to do that and some republican senators want to know if the administration is weighing that possibility, but, friday on fox, you heard from the white house press secretary, who was very clear on the administrations stance on am alternate, and we want to you listen to that: >> the white house doesnt support om nasamnesty and peopl support comprehensive immigration r...

Well. >> at the end of the day. injunction, likelihood of success. as a basis, if you are talking about immigration you are talking about the supremacy clause. i believe that immigration is an issue is preempted by law. i this its dangerous, indeed, when you have states be it arizona or anyone that starts making a patch work and quilt of different immigration cases. you have to have one uniform standard. >> there be the trial on merits later on. you think shell shell ice a scapel? >> shell use a...

Who protect illegal immigrants in sanctuary cities. now, just hours after the doj filed suit against arizona last week, for their new controversial immigration law, republican governor jan brewer immediately pointed to the irony of suing the grand canyon state for basically not following the federal law and making their own law and being unconstitutional and not doing the same thing to sa sanctuary cities who honor their own versions of the immigration law and the irony is the obama administrati...

Arizona and immigration. that is not going to work and i think it is foolish on the obama administration. it is bad law and when it doubt -- >> chris: bad law meaning that the. >> bad lawsuit. it shows a disrespect for democracy. when in doubt let the voters and sit legislatures have their way. if there is a clear abrogation of rights then the federal government can step in. instead of waiting for the law to go into effect and see what happens with the private lawsuits filed, the obama administr...

Arizona and immigration. that is not going to work and i think it is foolish on the obama administration. it is bad law and when it doubt -- >> chris: bad law meaning that the. >> bad lawsuit. it shows a disrespect for democracy. when in doubt let the voters and sit legislatures have their way. if there is a clear abrogation of rights then the federal government can step in. instead of waiting for the law to go into effect and see what happens with the private lawsuits filed, the obama administr...

And healthcare and now on arizona and immigration. that is not going to work and i think it is foolish on the obama administration. it is bad law and when it doubt -- >> chris: bad law meaning that the. >> bad lawsuit. it shows a disrespect for democracy. when in doubt let the voters and sit legislatures have their way. if there is a clear abrogation of rights then the federal government can step in. instead of waiting for the law to go into effect and see what happens with the private lawsuits ...

Coast in just a minute but first we want to talk to our white house correspondent suzanne malveaux. how is the white house building their case? >> first of all, theyre taking the legal argument, making a case that this is not an issue of a violation of civil rights but this is a case of states versus federal rights and responsibilities and ultimately it is the responsibility of the federal government to protect the border and that cannot be taken over by the states. thats the main argument thats...

Federal government cant have a patch work of laws at the state level or at the local level to deal with immigration. how do they move forward? >> the question of who is entitled to be here is unquestionably a federal law question, its the federal law that decides who can legally be in the country. the trouble is that the arizona law -- but arizona wants to basically sweep up anybody they find. the government also says it subsets a balance that considers humanitarian and foreign policy issues and...

Chiefs and others from law enforcement here today who will tell you the same thing. these laws also have the potential of violating the rights of innocent american citizens and legal residents. making them subject to possible stops or questioning because of what they look like or how they sound. and as other states and localities go their own ways, we face the prospect that different rules for immigration will apply in different parts of the country. a patch work of local immigration rules where...