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Country. this issue needs to be dealt with by the congress in a comprehensive way. but, yeah, i am sympathetic to arizona. i toured the border with governor brewer. i declared a border emergency. i agree we need more resources on the border. but it's important that the federal government, the congress deal with this comprehensively with a legalization plan, with a plan to crack down on illegal hires, and then finally to give us more resources, more boots on the ground, more border patrol, more national guard, more detection equipment on the border to stem this illegal tide, not just of workers...

Governor brewer. i declared a border emergency. i agree we need more resources on the border. but it's important that the federal government, the congress, deal with this comprehensively with a legalization plan, with a plan to crack down on illegal hires, and then finally to give us more resources, more boots on the ground, more border patrol, more national guard, more detection equipment on the border to stem this illegal tide, not just of workers but also drugs and violence and smuggling. >> governor, i want to talk to you in a bit about the legalization of some of those who are now here. c...

New mexico. we're on the border too. and i do believe there's a need for comprehensive immigration reform. we all agree on that. what i don't agree with is arizona taking this issue in their own hands and taking over what is a federal responsibility, harming our foreign policy with central america and mexico and basically passing a law that potentially is discriminatory, racial profiling. anybody that looks hispanic, and this is a state that is 30% hispanic with hispanics there for many generations, being pulled over on the grounds that they may look suspicious. this issue has divided the coun...

They could can get scholarships if they qualify. and that has worked in my statement in my judgment. but we've also had enhanced border security. i had -- i was the first governor to have a -- a border emergency and we've had national guard there that are state's paid for even though the feds hadn't come through. so there are ways to deal with it, but the best way is to have comprehensive immigration reform. the president's speech says, i care about this issue. we need to move forward. it is in its infancy. there's just a few bills there. congressman gutierrez, who you will have later, has a v...