list if your white and republican. 61% of the people on the list were hispanic. # 7% people of color. and the rest, the majority were registered democrats like a 91-year-old world war ii veteran who fought for our country, has been voting for about 50 years and it was being told that he is not going to be able to vote unless he finds some citizenship papers, goes to the supervisor of elections and proves that he s a citizen. that s what these purges were doing. here s some interesting numbers involved. i want to look at as well. florida officials identified 180,000 voters who might not be citizens. they sent 2,700 names to be investigated but only 40 were identified as noncitizens. was this kind of a pointless exercise? well, it s not only pointless but it s part of a national effort to try to rig elections by disenfranchising voter, by undermining the fundamental pillar of our democracy.
that potentially would allow someone to be stopped and picked up and asked where their citizenship papers are based on an assumption. the arizona law advances what it calls a policy of attrition through enforcement. in other words, if the going gets tough enough for illegal immigrants, they will pack their bags and leave. the question before the court today does arizona s law encroach on federal immigration authority? the state defending four provisions of the law, most notably the so-called show me your papers provisions. the part that authorizes warrantless arrests when an officer has probable cause to believe someone is illegally in the country. the part that requires state and local police upon reasonable suspicion to detain anyone stopped or arrested for any reason no matter how minor until the immigration status of that person is determined.
presumptive nominee i think you see a model here in arizona. the right course in america is to drop the lawsuits against arizona and other states, doing the job that barack obama isn t doing, andly drop the lawsuits on day one. we have a remember nominee that say the arizona laws are a model for the country. and these are laws that potentially would allow someone to be stopped and picked up and asked where their citizenship papers are based on an assumption. so what we need is a change, either of congress, or we need republicans to change their mind. joining me now, is representative a democratic from
that s not why we re playing it. that s a healthy ego. you got to go with the joke. i know. we re just teasing. just want to honor my man. this is in honor of don cornelius. we announced his death yesterday. soul train, did you watch soul train ever? am i right, saturday morning? did you pass by the channel or actually stop? we have a lot to get to. let me introduce our panel to you will cain, john fugelsan, i mangle your name all the time. soledad o brien that s cuban irish. roland martin is back, as well. all right, take it down. here we go. let s get to our starting point this morning which is mitt romney. yesterday should have been the victory lap, the victory lap. but then you had to come in. i did nothing but ask a question and a follow up. here s what he said in my interview yesterday morning. i m in this race because i care about americans. i m not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs a repair, i ll fix it.
make a requirement that the application for citizenship papers for a child must be recompaninied by the hospital bills. yes, but lindsey graham is he genuine or spinning with the political wind? he s been genuine. he s frustrated. shannon: did you have a split opinion? you do. you have a lot of people and probably the majority saying he is rying to catch the political wind right now. some think he is being genuine. some saying he s catching political wind say even if he is, eliminating the birthright citizenship, that would make it less rewarding for the illegals to come here and the pew numbers you talk about shannon, show if you make it less rewarding and more risky for illegals you can turn it around. shannon: keith larson, great to see you mornings on 1110 wbt in charlotte, north carolina. thank you for sharing your alvin visit with us as well.