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>> chris: are you prepared to comment on the arizona bill? >> i haven't studied it. i know it is quite controversial but studying a state law is not something i normally do and i haven't looked at it in detail yet. >> chris: don't republicans and some say this is the whole point of the new democratic zeal in congress for pushing immigration reform, don't republicans run the risk of alieniating a large and growing bloc of voters, hispanics? >> i think it is an important issue. we do have an enormous number of people who are in this country illegally. the important question of what to do with th...

Issue is sparking heated exchanges. new law requires police to question people about their immigration status if they suspect someone is in the country illegally. debate has been so volatile it's reached national levels and now threatens other legislation. nicole is live in d.c. i understand some democratic lawmakers are trying to shift the focus from energy legislation to immigration reform. how is that being received by republicans? >> for the most part, republicans acknowledge that securing the border is a national problem but it's hard to justify working on that when there is more pressing...

senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> glad to be with you. >> chris: start with the tough immigration law that the governor of arizona signed on friday which requires police officers to check the status of any one that they reasonably suspect could be an illegal imgrant. do you support the law? do you think it is constitutional? and what about the claim it will lead to racial profiling? >> i think the real question is whether we will take up immigration in washington and there are two things missing that were there in '07. '07 we had a rather low un...

To do the job. >> with all the border security problems we have down there, they are actually worse than three years ago and with 10% unemployment, it is not a great time to take this issue up in washington. >> >> senate republicans admit it is time to take this issue up but not when there is the budget and other more pressing issues on the table and since it is an arizona law, others would argue it is a state's issue. >> with an eye on the protests, you think they will continue? >> yes, as mentioned a short while ago, there is another protest scheduled today and it obviously is a heated issue...

Up in washington. >> chris: are you prepared to comment on the arizona bill? >> i haven't studied it. i know it is quite controversial but studying a state law is not something i normally do and i haven't looked at it in detail yet. >> chris: don't republicans and some say this is the whole point of the new democratic zeal in congress for pushing immigration reform, don't republicans run the risk of alieniating a large and growing bloc of voters, hispanics? >> i think it is an important issue. we do have an enormous number of people who are in this country illegally. the important question of ...