and an opponent of the law, isabelle garcia. deputy public defender in pima county, arizona. once they cross that border, it s our health care system, our educational system, our criminal justice system. $2.7 billion here in arizona to educate, medicaid. when do we stand up? and the federal government is wrong, and these are the same open-border anarchists that have opposed any enforcement efforts and it s about nonenforcement issues. they re not worried about profiling. this bill prohibits profiling. 60% of hispanics support it in arizona. you know, enough is enough. i mean, i get tired of the controversial comments. this is the most popular bill in america. america supports it. overwhelmingly, they support it. it s preposterous that he argue that the federal government doesn t have the exclusive jurisdiction on this very complicated area of law. certainly, arizona cannot simply regulate immigration. and he is trying to regulate
they inherently quantified the state s inherent authority. they continue to demystify the point. we enforce federal law in many, many areas every single day. here s what s embarrassing. we have policies in direct violation of the law. they are not going to sue us for not doing the job but sue arizona for protecting our citizens. it s outrageous and insulting. isabelle, weigh in here. you have been patient. this is not about protecting anybody from arizona. in fact, if mr. pierce were responsible, he would, in fact, want to protect and protect our values in this country. clearly, this is a supremacy issue. it s preposterous that he argue that the federal government doesn t have the exclusive jurisdiction on this very complicated area of law. certainly arizona cannot simply
lawsuit and also examine the legal arguments on both sides, and why hasn t the federal government passed immigration reform? later we delve into the politics and the push for legislation. we begin with casey wian with the details of the lawsuit. reporter: tony, the effort, the fight over arizona s effort to make illegal immigration a crime in the state has now moved to the federal courts. from the moment arizona governor jan brewer signed a controversial law expanding local police powers to crack down on illegal immigrants and their employers, a white house legal challenge seemed inevitable. following 12 weeks of protests, boycotts and threats, the justice department is suing to block sb-1070 before it takes effect on july 29th. eric holer said setting immigration policy and enforcing immigration law assessment a national responsibility. seeking to address the issue through a patch work of state laws will only create more problems than it solves. supporters of arizona s law
they re allowed to be in the u.s. if the person is not here legally they could be arrested and would have to pay for jail costs and also a fine of at least $500. the bill also deals with day laborers, making it illegal to pick up day laborers off the street or to so lelicit work one streets if you re here illegally. you can only imagine what both sides of the debate is talking about now. now moving to another stage of the debate. while we were still discussing whether or not it was going to be passed, heated words from both sides. that s right. it was a heated debate. state senator russell saying this bill will help bring down crime and isabelle garcia, activist, saying it s a dangerous precedent. listen to this. so your premise here is that this is a crime problem and it s an illegal problem. it s a crime. it s a crime problem. right? yes. well, it s a crime problem and they re taking jobs from
so what the young man was talking about we need to we need to repeal don t ask don t tell, which i agree with and which the president s not necessarily comfortable at some moments up there. a flash of anger from unusually cool president as he was heckled. heckle overed his commitment to ending the military s don t ask don t tell policy. we ll show you more of that exchange he had with the crowd in california. good morning to you all. i m t.j. holmes sitting in for my good friend, tony harris. those stories and your comments here in the cnn newsroom. captions by vitac www.vitac.com first up, europe trying to emerge from a volcanic cloud. you see it there and you ve been seeing these pictures for the past several days and now there s concern about a new plume of ash up there spewing from that disruptive volcano in iceland. european aviation officials now hoping to get half of the scheduled flights off the ground and that s something, at least. our paula newton i