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Isn't either. yesterday, front cover of "the arizona republic" that most state employers aren't using e-verify. they say that 1.3 million new hires made in the last fiscal year, and of those, only half were checked against the records to see if those folks were here legally. states that have been thinking about following arizona's lead are now keeping an eye on the state to see what happens next. a nebraska town has already put its immigration ordinance on hold. and inside arizona, local officials are trying to figure out if it changes how they do business. let me bring in the mayor of scottsd...

>> reporter: bill, south of me here but illegal immigration is a journey that is also a business and i wants to you look at this map. the cartels are smuggling drugs or people, and they have to get the -- move the loads past the border patrol to so-called vanishing points along the freeway but because the border area is not heavily patrolled, the newest corridor moved way north to i-8 and i-10, near phoenix and is so infested with illegal activity even the cops don't go in alone. >> you guys will go straight up that rid that. >> reporter: this is not afghanistan, it is arizona, the government ...

Corridor, millions of dollars of cargo come through the valley. in fact, deputies say they have lookouts at the high points, and they probably have been watching them since the time we arrived. from here illegals hike a short distance to i-8, to get picked up. >> to avoid detection and avoid -- >> reporter: they wear pieces of carpet on their feet to disguise footprints and some bring bundles of marijuana to the freeway. >> essentially your backpack, that is your carrier. and the drugs are loaded into waiting vans, deputy mark miller describes what he found in a smuggler's vehicle after a high...

Observations, based on the unbelievable video we are seeing, i guess the question comes down to, are these guys getting through? are they making it? look at the weapons. obviously well armed. are they making it through or at some point along the way this their travels, do you think our border patrol is getting in touch with them and finding them? >> negative. at this point, the camera with the armed smugglers and all the marijuana we see coming through, this is a mile or two south of i-8. if these guys have made it this far, if they've been able to circumvent law enforcement 80 miles through t...

Observations, based on the unbelievable video we are seeing, i guess the question comes down to, are these guys getting through? are they making it? look at the weapons. obviously well armed. are they making it through or at some point along the way this their travels, do you think our border patrol is getting in touch with them and finding them? >> negative. at this point, the camera with the armed smugglers and all the marijuana we see coming through, this is a mile or two south of i-8. if these guys have made it this far, if they've been able to circumvent law enforcement 80 miles through t...