picked up, he wonders who will take care of his younger brothers and sisters who are american citizens, and he says, you know, not something he can step up and do because he, after all, is fighting this war. and so he says it is a very, very difficult question for his family. i asked him, i said, but, you know, your family came here illegally, and he says, yes, that is true, they came here illegally 20 years ago. they have tried to legalize through the years and it has not been possible. they don t have the money for immigration attorney. and so he says it is just been a very terrible time for him. thelma gutierrez, thanks. and just ahead, same state, very different story. we re going to talk to arizona residents who have seen a violent side of illegal immigration. they become its victims, simply because they live near the border. you ll hear their stories at the bottom of the hour. we re also going to have live coverage of president obama s speech from american university, sched
issues. so he s going to talk about the government, beefing up the border, also talking about employers, that they should be taken to task if they hire illegal aliens, and then finally the illegal immigrants themselves, that they should be paying their taxes, certainly getting right with the law, and then applying for citizenship. so what he s really saying is comprehensive reform with at least three different facets to it. all right so arizona s law will the obama @@ challenge it in court? reporter: yes, we do expect that they would be doing that next week. they think it is draconian. they think that it is focusing too much in a punitive way on the people who are here. and that it doesn t address the overarching issue. but, you know, that could be perceived as kind of a weak argument. so you have the president just recently talking about and ordering beefing up of the
said you you hit hard. reporter: the intruders tied up the hunts in this bedroom and fled in their vehicle. they were caught and sentenced to prison terms. the hunts feel fortunate to have escaped with their lives. the residents of this nearby house also escaped by selling their property and moving to montana where we spoke with terry stoller. we thought oh, my, that could have been us. reporter: another neighbor was shot and killed by a suspected illegal i am grant. when the rancher was killed, we knew we had to make a decision not to go back. it was no longer safe for us to be walking out on the ranches, hunting quail. we were not they would make quick work of us. reporter: even though government statistics show a decrease in violent crime in cities near the southern border, rural border residents say drug and i am grant smugglers are a
has always been a hot button issue in the nation s border states. they are on the front lines of this battle. to heck with afghanistan, to heck with iraq, to heck with the rest of them, how about us? okay. couldn t be more direct than that. the violent side of illegal immigration. we ll hear from the people who have become its victims, only because they live near the border. their store gliz juies in just minutes. we re waiting president obama s speech on immigration. he ll step up to the podium. you ll see it live here in just about 15 minutes. [ male announcer ] give yourself an edge. new one a day men s pro edge. a complete multivitamin with more magnesium to help support healthy muscle function. more b vitamins to help convert food to fuel. more confidence in a healthy you. new one a day men s pro edge.
cnn s casey wian looks at the turning point in this case. he is joining from us arizona. casey? reporter: the death of rancher rob krentz earlier this year galvanized of communities along the border with mexico. many say they no longer feel safe in their own homes. they are growing tired of waiting for the federal government to secure the border. howard and rosemary hunt live 40 miles from the mexican boarder in southeastern border. in january they were tied up and robbed by two illegal immigrants. one wielding a machete. is this where had you your first confrontation? yes, right there. i told him when he took her down, you harm her and i will kill your [ bleep ]. he cut my hand. i reached back to grab the darned thing. that hurts. i said, you know, they are going to have to kill us because they can t leave us be, we will identify them. they never did. he wanted me to go in here. i got this far and i went he