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Ruling. we are expecting some reaction from elsewhere in the federal government. possibly from the department of justice and the the department of homeland security. but as of yet, we have nothing. we suspect that like us, they are wading through this decision and trying to figure out exactly what it will mean. you're right about what the federal government argued. they said immigration enforcement is our job. if every state were to pass its own legislation we would have a patch work system all across the united states that would simply be unworkable. the judge bought that to a certain degree....

Asheville, north carolina, where the president is vacationing. i wonder does this now put immigration on the front burner for the president to try to get something on a federal level going? >> reporter: well, fred, you're right. the president is trying to get it on the front burner. just yesterday in the rose garden before he came here to asheville, he said this arizona situation is really a wake-up call, that you need federal immigration reform to prevent states from going off and coming up with this patch work system, if you will, but we have just picked up new information, my colleague dana...

Collide and senator graham's words, a sharply worded letter, moving immigration ahead of climate change, quote in this hurried panic manner is nothing more than a cynical political ploy. this is a political difficulty now for the white house because as you just heard from casey, president obama yesterday in the rose garden was saying this situation in arizona is a wake-up call nationally that because of all of the issues that have been pushed to the side, and haven't been dealt with, you need federal immigration reform, otherwise as casey said, there is going to be mirror legislation going fro...