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>> representative cavanaugh, a lot of latinos say they would feel threatened is? he right if he was standing on a street corner in clothes that were scuffed up or something would he be able to be approached? >> no. he could not. he is completely wrong. its more than just what you look like. its behaviors. you know, stop and question law has been around since 1968. as to his question of who judges, it is a judge that judges. police officers will receive training. already been trained in other are...

Analyst, jeffrey toobin, who joins me now. what do you think, jeff, will this hold up? >> i think the biggest problem with the bill is not reasonable suspicion question which is a big one, but the question of does arizona have the right to enforce federal immigration laws? there is a doctrine of law, called preemption, where it says that the united states government, federal government, preempts, takes over certain areas of law. and immigration is a classic example. so i think many -- >> support...

When they do things like this. they show that theyre against all immigrants. this is what is happening in arizona today. theyre declaring war on all legal immigrants. >> representative cavanaugh, you are a former cop, do you have any concerns the language of this is pretty, its left up to, you said, its left up to judges. but in reality its left up to local police officers to decide this person seems suspicious or something about their behavior is suspicious? that is a lot of latitude? >> its ba...

>> miguel, you are shaking your head? >> its a lice ns >> its a license to discriminate against latinos. i dont understand. even latino republicans are horrorized by the situation. how can they defend a party that now discriminates against them. i think hoards of latinos are going to leave, the few that remain are going to leave the republican party after this. this is shameful. >> miguel, let me ask you though -- >> sad day in american history. in the future we are going to look back and feel a...

Race. >> miguel , the final thought? >> theyre concerned about crime. this will create more crime. immigrants from now will be afraid to report crimes when they see them. if the house next door is burning you are not going to call the fire department. you are afraid you will beep arrested. there is a lot of otherwise law-abiding, undocumented immigrants who are not going to want to deal with the cops at all. this is shameful. >> representative cavanaugh it does allow police officers discretion i...

I have spoken to our statewide police training commission today. anticipating the governors signature, they have already completed the lesson plans to properly instruct arizona police officers in what is a legitimate thing to make, to increase suspiciousness and what should not be used. and in the law itself, we say, you cannot use ethnicity or race. >> miguel, the final thought? >> theyre concerned about crime. this is going toy -- to create even more crime. immigrants from now will be afraid t...

>> representative cavanaugh, what in the bill, specifically says, what, what reasonable suspicion is? because i have looked at it a couple times. i dont think i have seen anything -- we talked about this last night. but other than -- under, you know federal law, and supreme court upheld, if a police officer sees, you know something suspicious, shows commission of a crime or intention to commit a crime that is reasonable and the person can be approached. but other than someone just being illegal,...