Support takes different forms with federal money mainly going toward assisting students and specific research projects while state dollars usually fund general operations. But after the Great Recession began in 2007, as states were struggling to keep spending in line with decreased tax revenue, the federal share increased to the point where it exceeded what states were contributing.
slaughtered. there s millions of dollars of economic damage. what about them and their civil rights? i agree with the governor, by the way, he s right, there s been a monumental failure and all democratic and republican administrations have been responsible. this is the 1986 immigration reform and control act. all we need to do is follow this law and we can solve this problem. and it clearly states if you enter this country without legal permission, you re breaking the law. and if you hire someone that is here illegally, you re breaking the law. but the federal government is not enforcing this, and now arizona has been forced to do so, for the protection of our own citizens. we re going to have to leave it there, senator antenori, thank you very much. governor richardson, appreciate your time. thank you. obviously this debate will continue. thank you. the proposed weapon that is so fast and so powerful, it could end the u.s. reliance on nuclear weapons. (announcer) we all want to
they suspect may be in the u.s. illegally. now, critics say that this could lead to racial profiling and civil rights violations. arizona s governor says the law is needed to protect arizona from rising crime. well, here to debate the measure, new mexico governor bill richardson and arizona state senator frank antenori. thanks very much for joining us here. i want to start off first, governor richardson, you know, you obviously deal with this in your own state. take a look at the arizona law. is this racist? well, it s it s a terrible piece of legislation. it s against the democratic ideals of this country. it s a step backwards. it s impractical. if i were the administration, i d like at the legality of this bill. now, i m very fond of the governor of arizona. i toured the border with her. we have a problem on both our borders, but i believe that this bill is going to complicate a lot of issues. it s going to mean, i believe,
real medical problems. wolf blitzer s off today. i m suzanne malveaux and you re in the situation room. in arizona, just moments ago, republican governor jan brewer signed into law an immigration bill that president obama calls misguided. it would require immigrants to carry alien registration documents at all times. and it would require police to question people if there s reason to suspect that they are in the united states illegally. there s no higher priority than protecting the c arizona. we cannot sacrifice our safety to the murderous greed of drug cartels. we cannot stand idly by as drop houses, kidnappings and violence compromise our quality of life. we cannot delay while the destruction happening south of our international border creeps its way north. we in arizona have been more than patient waiting for washington to act. protesters in arizona and critics across the country are afraid that this law s going to give police license to conduct racial profiling and
for your driver license and you cannot produce any driver s license or documentation whatsoever. he has reasonable suspicion. he has the ability to inquire under this law. it strengthens a federal law passed in 1986, immigration reform and control act allows any officer to enforce the law and make sure people are in this country legally. that s all it does. republican senator frank antenori. there are people that s not true. the majority of the law enforcement officers support it. i m saying there are some. you re saying a majority. i m saying some, which is my statement that you ve attempted to correct. there are some, correct? ma am, if the chief of police were appointed to those positions by member of the city council and mayors the rank and file support it. some police are not happy. we ll end it there. thank you so much for your time.