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>> representative cavanaugh, a lot of latinos say they would feel threatened is? he right if he was standing on a street corner in clothes that were scuffed up or something would he be able to be approached? >> no. he could not. he is completely wrong. it's more than just what you look like. it's behaviors. you know, stop and question law has been around since 1968. as to his question of who judges, it is a judge that judges. police officers will receive training. already been trained in other areas. they will be updated. when they have reasonable suspicion, they have to articulate it to a jud...

Analyst, jeffrey toobin, who joins me now. what do you think, jeff, will this hold up? >> i think the biggest problem with the bill is not reasonable suspicion question which is a big one, but the question of does arizona have the right to enforce federal immigration laws? there is a doctrine of law, called preemption, where it says that the united states government, federal government, preempts, takes over certain areas of law. and immigration is a classic example. so i think many -- >> supporters of it say the federal government has failed in their responsibilities to do that and they have n...

When they do things like this. they show that they're against all immigrants. this is what is happening in arizona today. they're declaring war on all legal immigrants. >> representative cavanaugh, you are a former cop, do you have any concerns the language of this is pretty, it's left up to, you said, it's left up to judges. but in reality it's left up to local police officers to decide this person seems suspicious or something about their behavior is suspicious? that is a lot of latitude? >> it's based on existing body of law. federal immigration officers who have trained local police have c...

>> miguel, you are shaking your head? >> it's a lice ns >> it's a license to discriminate against latinos. i don't understand. even latino republicans are horrorized by the situation. how can they defend a party that now discriminates against them. i think hoards of latinos are going to leave, the few that remain are going to leave the republican party after this. this is shameful. >> miguel, let me ask you though -- >> sad day in american history. in the future we are going to look back and feel ashamed, feel ashamed of having done this today. >> miguel, let me play devil's advocate here. if ...

Race. >> miguel , the final thought? >> they're concerned about crime. this will create more crime. immigrants from now will be afraid to report crimes when they see them. if the house next door is burning you are not going to call the fire department. you are afraid you will beep arrested. there is a lot of otherwise law-abiding, undocumented immigrants who are not going to want to deal with the cops at all. this is shameful. >> representative cavanaugh it does allow police officers discretion if they pursue somebody on charges, if they're involved in some crime. isn't that, you are still ask...