but does the governor have a position on the arizona law besides supporting the right of states? this debate is sprung from the president failing to address this issue. so each state is left and has the power to draft and to enact their own immigration policy. but the arizona law does very specific things. does the governor support those things that arizona law does? we ve addressed this. what is his position on the actual law in arizona? again, each state has the right within the constitution to craft their own immigration law but does he think arizona did a good job? okay, so he didn t say much there. reporters, including cnn s jim acosta, asked that question 16 times in all. as you saw, not a lot of answers except that sort of generic statement, which governor romney largely repeated this afternoon. fair to say he s trying to avoid specifics on 1070 in particular and immigration policy in general. on 1070, the shift began just after the cnn debate in ariz
in other words, ask for your green card, say, during a traffic stop. if they reasonably suspect that you re in the country illegally. that court let that part stand but left it open to challenge once the law actually goes into effect. the white house first expressed concern the ruling keeps the cloud of suspension over people who look like foreigners. then late today went further. saying the federal government would not become a willing partner in arizona s efforts to arrest undocumented people. as for governor romney, he said in a statement this. i believe that each state has the duty and the right to secure our borders and preserve the rule of law, particularly when the federal government has failled to meet its responsibilities. nothing really specific. and keeping them honest, nothing on the campaign plane, which was heading to arizona. he stayed in the front of the plane away from the press. he let a staffer handle reporters who were trying to get some answers. listen.