administration briefly flirted with supporting her proposals, which would have reduced illegal immigration and toughened enforcement. in the last decade, the face of restrictionism has been joe arpaio and that, i think, has produced much less favorable political conditions for what essentially in many respects could there are some liberal ends to a stronger immigration position. what you re seeing, a tighter labor market at the lower end of the income scale would benefit an american working class that s disproportionately black and lati latino. the data has been murky and increasingly less murky that the wage effects of our current immigration regime don t hit, for instance, high school dropouts or low skilled workers like in the labor hierarchy that are native born, as hard as previously thought. there are some dissentures in that, and an economist at harvard is one of them. was there any point of interaction that you re not
john fugelson and john cain. a lot to talk about this morning. that was in unison, i like it. we ll ask the congresswoman about it. this morning mitt romney turning his full attention to the general election after sweeping yesterday s gop primaries in connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania and rhode island. a better america begins tonight. tonight is the start of a new campaign to unite every american who knows in their heart that we can do better. the last few years have been the best that barack obama can do. but it s not the best america can do. tonight is the beginning of the end of the disappointments of the obama year. but romney hasn t quite clinched the number of nominations just yet. right now he has 764 of the 1,144 needed. newt gingrich 141 and ron paul 75. romney supporter congresswoman mary bono mach. nice to see you this morning. you, too. rick santorum was holding on for a long time and the cultural conservative kind of vote for so long now and h
reviews two new buster keeton films. this is how we cultivate and maintain the over-90 demo who likes buster keeton, yet doesn t know what a dvd is. i didn t like that. can do i it again? greg: no. [laughter] all right. greg: are the feds off their meds? the department of justice filed a lawsuit against the state of arizona on wednesday, claiming that since immigration is primarily a fed issue, the state s new law is unconstitutional. the arizona law seen here sb-1070 requires police officers to question a suspect s legal status if the officer has reasonable suspicion that the person is here illegally. but the lawsuit says while the federal government quote, the united states constitution forbids arizona from supplanting the federal government s immigration regime with its own. it is being called premature,
able to be held for status if there is any suspicion of status. this clause says that the united states constitution forbids arizona from supplanting the federal government s immigration regime with its own state-specific immigration policy, a policy that in purpose and effect interferes with the numerous interests that the federal government must balance when enforcing and administering the immigration laws and disrupts the balance actually established by the federal government. those other interests are national security, and humanitarian relief, and u.s. relations with other countries. the justice department argues that the state statue will detract resources from tracking illegal aliens and possible terrorist, and a statement that phil gordon agrees with. we don t need 50 immigration policies, because it will not secure the country and make it less secure. reporter: but public opinion is strongly in favor of arizona s policy, and according