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Lawyers representing our neighbor to the south, asking a circuit court of appeals this week, to keep arizona from enforcing the minor section of the immigration law, essentially preventing state police from arresting illegal immigrants, but can mexico or any foreign government for that matter have a say in the legal affairs of the united states. joining me now to discuss this, the arizona attorney general republican tom horn, attorney general, good to he sue today. hope you're doing well. >> good to be with you. >> let's look into the aspects of this. mexico is very concerned about this minor ...

Conversation we're having now -- >> right. >> -- gone are the moments in which people said self-deportation. >> correct. >> nobody is talking about sv 1070 in arizona. they are saying we want to find ways, republicans and democrats, to integrate them fully. >> how do we do that, though, with natural-born american citizens getting on board with this and feeling vested in this issue for others? >> sure. because american citizens, you and i, want to make sure that the new players in our economy, when they are fully incorporated, have all of the responsibilities. that they pay taxes, learn english...

Will this win over anybody in the latino community? because, of course, the republicans have certainly taken a hit at the polls with that portion of society. 8 >> i can't see how it does. the latino community has grown accustomed to see republicans propose things like the arizona law, sb-1070. the proposals to deny children born in this country their citizenship even though they are born in this country. proposals to deny the opportunity to bring your family with you if you do it the right way. it's been tough. remember, republicans, i heard the piece where representative labrador said democra...

Because i think america's a nation of immigrants. a nation that welcomes new blood and new vitality and that's what's made us strong and makes us the kind of democracy we are in the world. and so i hope that they did. because to be quite honest, what i said today on the house floor was if you talk about self-deportation to 10 million people, millions of whom have american citizen children, if you say to thousands, tens of thousands of young people who gathered across this country and said to president obama, yes, we're going to take you up, we don't want to be deported, won't a work permit. th...

Family, they have they're religious catholic, socially conservative, especially on brgs. these are a national constituency. they are a striving immigrant group and that is a natural conservative constituency. >> bill: joining us from washington to react is the democratic congressman luis gutierrez. so what do you think about charles' analysis that hispanic american voting block, obviously talking generally here could be persuaded to come into the republic party? what do you think about that? >> i think if you make -- charles makes an argument that has some truth to it. there are 52 million lat...