crime to be in the country illegally, making at it crime for illegal immigrants to work or find work in the state and warrantless probable cause arrest for deportable crimes. the president released a statement saying, i m pleased that the supreme court struck down key provisions of the arizona immigration law. what the decision makes unmistakenly clear congress must act on immigration reform. patchwo of state slaw not solution to the broken immigration system. it s part of the problem. at the same time, i remain concern of the practical impact of the remaining provision of the law that requires the local law enforcement officials to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect to be here illegally. bring in the expanded panel. fred barnes of weekly standard. juan williams, columnist with the hill. marmara liasson, national public radio. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles, thoughts? i thought what the headline
apparently. your thoughts? i have a work permit. governor brewer is right. centerpiece is upheld. ask about the immigration status. then mara was saying, look, we ll be watching. you better do it right. the police used it warily. on the other hand it s a weakness. let me add one more thing. requires someone to have a work permit to have a job, otherwise you re here illegally. if you have a job without a work permit i don t know what is wrong with having that. or require them to have documents. both of those were struck down. how do those conflict with federal law? they don t at all. as charles points out they may conflict with obama policy, because obama doesn t like those things. speaking of which, obama
this ruling. good evening, shannon. reporter: hello, bret. following the decision, both sides are claiming victory. although they disagree on what it means for future of the arizona immigration law, they agree the legal fight over it isn t over. opponents and supporters of the law sb-1070 got the supreme court decision they have been waiting for. split decision with justice anthony kennedy writing the three key provisions were pre-empted by federal law. a critical provision was upheld. the day is a day the key component of the effort to protect citizens of arizona, to take up the fight against illegal immigration, in a balanced and constitutional way has unanimously been vindicated by the highest court in the land. the law surviving provisions direct police to inquire in someone s status if the officer has reasonable suspicion to believe the
politicized supreme court. here, they are making political decisions. an argument that resonates with other independent voters we spoke to. nobody wantbes to work together nobody wantss to work together. i think the democrats are, have some responsibility for that. the republican party has been more obstructionist. reporter: the white house may be rooting for a split decision on healthcare just like immigration. here is why. the latest fox news poll shows confusion. 38% say they want to see the whole law overturned. 30% say ruling is constitutional. 21% say gut the mandate, throw it out and keep most of the rest of the law. it s muddled enough that the white house may be able to pick and choose which part of the law they want to stand up. now how they pay for that, however, if a mandate is thrown out is another question. bret? bret: ed henry traveling with the president in boston tonight. thank you. washington on pins and needles but now we have a date. thursday morning. stoc
if they have no papers, it s also out the window. there is little local authority. the department of homeland security let it be known suspending the program of let the cops help enforce the law. governor brewer needs another word for the outcome, because victory doesn t work. bret? bret: that issue, right there, that you just talked about. shannon bream mentioned, the department of homeland security action revoking the 287 agreement seems like a big deal. the feds had relationship where they were deputizing state and local cops to help enforce the immigration law. they are calling that out. arizona is in a weaker position than before despite the limited stop and ask program remains at least constitutionally in effect. whether it s, whether they can do anything with it or whether