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Simply -- it's like declaring war. arizona can't declare war in mexico. that's a federal responsibility. same thing with immigration. that's the theory behind the lawsuit. >> okay. for more on the implications of this legal showdown, let's go to cnn's casey wian. here's the deal, we have a challenge from the federal government. now the state of arizona gets to respond. what's the state planning to do here? >> reporter: the state of arizona is clearly going to fight this lawsuit, and they say they're going to continue to go ahead and try to implement this legislation. governor jan brewer sent o...

Or az post. several times, critics of the new immigration bill are addressed. >> they doubt your professionalism and doubt your ethics and integrity. that is unfair and unearned. >> they will get training credits for watching it but there is no requirement they watch it. opponents of the bill like a phoenix attorney says it's a problem. >> we will know which officers were trained and which were not. clearly we believe that even with training there is going to be a potential for racial profiling. >> gregg: that was mark martinez reporting. new rule that overdrafts can save you cold cash but c...

Arizona's new immigration laws that allows police to question anyone suspected of being in the u.s. illegally. casey wian reports from phoenix. >> reporter: from the moment she signed arizona's new law targeting illegal immigrants, governor jan brewer did little to calm the fear and anger felt by opponents with a stumbling answer to a simple but loaded question. >> what does an illegal immigrant look like? does it look like me? >> i do not know. i do not know what an illegal immigrant looks like, but i know that if az post gets themselves together, works on this law, puts down the description,...

Day, a good guy by the way, a straight shooter. do we have that tape, chris? put that up if you could. let's watch this together. mr. aguilar, i'll bring you in that. >> would you ask that question of her? >> no, the question itself seems judgmental. >> i think that's a good point for you to make. >> then why did she try to answer it? >> rick, that too is an unfair question. >> because i'm putting you in a situation where you may have to criticize your own governor. and i don't want to do that to you. >> thank you. >> he kind of knew what we were getting at there. it's almost like the governor...

All right? i'm looking at it. it says line 20, page 1, for any lawful act made by a law enforcement official, a reasonable attempt shall be made when practicable to determine the immigration status of that person. once again, for any lawful contact made by a law enforcement official. do you know what that means? because i don't. >> i think we're also trying to figure that one out. there is definitely very differing opinions as to what it may mean. >> obviously i was like a dog with a bone with this story, trying to figure out exactly what it meant, what did the governor mean when she came out ...