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We treat their foreign nationals that is the lens through which the supreme court majority viewed the arizona statute. so that is a pretty high bar for states to clear as they go through the litigation with provisions in nair specific laws. so this is not -- this is just the opposite of what the dissent yesterday said, that the state should be able to ping the federal slack. that is not how the majority saw it. >> nbcs pete williams from washington. nice to sigh. thank you, sir. hispanics and ...

>> welcome back to the program. violence at the u.s.-mexican border is so intense in some spots, even those who are supposed to protect it are being pulled back. according to sheriff larry dever, its so heated in some areas that u.s. border patrol agents wont even go there leaving gaping holes in our national security. and sheriff dever joins us this morning from tucson to tell us more. good morning to you, sheriff. >> good morning, steve. thanks. >> i understand you have heard personally from a...

Administration does and sheriff dever i dmoi, too, and shaffer babau felt it stepped up pressure because people would start to look to you for racial profiling where none existed. >> you can get more information at bordersheriffs.com. the law didnt encourage that. the ice cream thing was a sham like a lot of the other rhetoric is behind this. megyn: i want to ask you, sheriff dever, at least hes going. at least hes going. why do you dismiss it as a sham? >> again, he has been here under the rada...

Critics are calling a pathetic political stunt. john more on assistant secretary for immigration and customs enforcement or i.c.e., is on his way to arizona. the sheriff leaders say his visit is no more than an attempt to cover up i.c.e.s action in failing to protect the border. im joined by sheriff dupnick who supports more ons visit to the border. thanks to you both pitch want to start with you sheriff dever. you are calling this this a political stunt. why so?

And carry a gun and protect our families. were not racially profiling. >> greta: i understand it happened wednesday. that was a drug-related killing of law enforcement. do you know if it is illegal, people who are here illegally in this country are involved? do we know that yet? >> it doesnt appear thats the case. i can tell you of all8lr the drugs and largely the marijuana, methamphetamines and black tar heroin, more than half comes in through arizona. it is not just all of the illegals that co...

And carry a gun and protect our families. were not racially profiling. >> greta: i understand it happened wednesday. that was a drug-related killing of law enforcement. do you know if it is illegal, people who are here illegally in this country are involved? do we know that yet? >> it doesnt appear thats the case. i can tell you of all8lr the drugs and largely the marijuana, methamphetamines and black tar heroin, more than half comes in through arizona. it is not just all of the illegals that co...

Partner -- to help partner with the federal government in securing our homeland. >> larry: sheriff dupnik that sounds like it makes sense, there arent a lot of border patrol agents to turn them over to in the middle of the state. >> ultimately, they have to be turned over to i.c.e. or the border patrol after the local system is done with them. >> and thats true, but i.c.e. also has discretion and option to accept them or not and i think this law put them in a position where they felt like, and r...

Fornsing immigration, a larger role than we have now? >> first, let me say good morning, john. and good morning, larry. larry is one of the finest sheriffs my hometown has ever had. we are close friends and agree on almost everything except this particular law. what were going to continue to do is what weve been doing for years, enforcing the federal law. we addressively pursue illegal immigrants in pima county, and what were not going to do is put them in our own jail and subject self-hundred,0...

It will be interesting to see how it plays out since you had the benefit of a prior court decision in crafting this law. representative thank you so much for coming on, we appreciate it. >> thanks, megyn. apathetic political stunt, that is what two top arizona sheriffs are calling john mortons trip to their states border with mexico. morton heading up the u.s. immigration and customs enforcement agency, or ice. at this very moment we are told he is heading to the southern border. morton under fi...