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Picked up, he wonders who will take care of his younger brothers and sisters who are american citizens, and he says, you know, not something he can step up and do because he, after all, is fighting this war. and so he says it is a very, very difficult question for his family. i asked him, i said, but, you know, your family came here illegally, and he says, yes, that is true, they came here illegally 20 years ago. they have tried to legalize through the years and it has not been possible. they don't have the money for immigration attorney. and so he says it is just been a very terrible time for...

Issues. so he's going to talk about the government, beefing up the border, also talking about employers, that they should be taken to task if they hire illegal aliens, and then finally the illegal immigrants themselves, that they should be paying their taxes, certainly getting right with the law, and then applying for citizenship. so what he's really saying is comprehensive reform with at least three different facets to it. >> all right so arizona's law will -- the obama @@ challenge it in court? >> reporter: yes, we do expect that they would be doing that next week. they think it is draconian...

Said you -- you hit hard. >> reporter: the intruders tied up the hunts in this bedroom and fled in their vehicle. they were caught and sentenced to prison terms. the hunts feel fortunate to have escaped with their lives. the residents of this nearby house also escaped by selling their property and moving to montana where we spoke with terry stoller. >> we thought oh, my, that could have been us. >> reporter: another neighbor was shot and killed by a suspected illegal i am grant. >> when the rancher was killed, we knew we had to make a decision not to go back. it was no longer safe for us to be...

Has always been a hot button issue in the nation's border states. they are on the front lines of this battle. >> to heck with afghanistan, to heck with iraq, to heck with the rest of them, how about us? >> okay. couldn't be more direct than that. the violent side of illegal immigration. we'll hear from the people who have become its victims, only because they live near the border. their store gliz juies in just minutes. we're waiting president obama's speech on immigration. he'll step up to the podium. you'll see it live here in just about 15 minutes. [ male announcer ] give yourself an edge. ...

Cnn's casey wian looks at the turning point in this case. he is joining from us arizona. casey? >> reporter: the death of rancher rob krentz earlier this year galvanized of communities along the border with mexico. many say they no longer feel safe in their own homes. they are growing tired of waiting for the federal government to secure the border. howard and rosemary hunt live 40 miles from the mexican boarder in southeastern border. in january they were tied up and robbed by two illegal immigrants. one wielding a machete. >> is this where had you your first confrontation? >> yes, right ther...