arizona s governor is planning an appeal and says this fight is far from over. from the desert to d.c. we have the story. jeanne meserve is live in washington. john zarrella taking a look at the personal struggle of someone caught in the fight. two arizona sheriffs, one for it, one against it, they ll dual it out. let s go to jeanne meserve standing by in washington. good morning. good morning. this isn t over yet. the state of arizona said it will repeal the rule. u.s. district judge issued the law block something parts. number one, it requires that police officers check the immigration status of police they stop, detain or arrest to see if they have a reasonable suspicion they are illegal. also, a provision requiring immigrants to carry their papers at all times. and another making it a state crime for undocumented workers to seek work in public places. in a statement, the justice department said the court had
what we need more desperately is more resources. the feds need more resources. we hear a lat about border execute i d like to say one thing about that if i could. go ahead. today, the border is more secure, depending on how you define security, than it ever has been. we still have horrible crimes committed along the border by people from mexico. there s for question about it. but they re not any greater today than they were last year or the year before. we are ten years ago, the border patrol was arresting about 800,000 people in the tucson sector every year for drawings the border illegally. that s down to 200 some last year. so, they re making tremendous progress in border security. but there s still a horrible problem, that border is still very porous, and i don t know what the solution is, except massive influx of resources is the only thing that i know of that s going to secure that border. but this law and that border have nothing to do with each other. this law would not h
amendment? what s going on there? well, the justice department said the arizona law was unconstitutional that it would precertainty the federal government s responsibility to set and enforce the law. judge bolton agreed that some parts of the law would do that, calling it disruptive and counterproductive. she as wrote that the law made it likely that people legally in the u.s. would be wrongfully be arrested causing what she called an extraordinary burden on them. bolton will not will have the last day on the law and where it stands, sara. then you have the next problem, obviously, this is a political issue as well, no doubt. how does the federal government respond to the charge cha its not doing its job when it comes to illegal immigration? well, it says it s doing a lot. there are 1,200 national guardsmen going to the border to bolster the operations there. just in the next few days,
provisions of the law. john zarrella this morning, john, great story. thanks so much. the top stories as we come up to the half hour, immigration on hold. arizona s tough new immigration law taking in effect this morning, minus the most controversial portion of it. the federal judge blocked his section that requires police to check a person s immigration status. that is likely headed all the way to the supreme court now. plus, toyota is announcing that 400,000 older model cars sold here in the u.s. are being recalled because of possible steering problems. 94% are toyota avalons made between 2000 and 2004. the company says pat of the steering system could break, increasing the risk of a crash. about 40,000 lexus lx-470 models affect. and ansel adams family doesn t buy the story of the
without a second glance. you lived in phoenix for 20 years? yes. reporter: do you miss it at all? no, nothing. reporter: you don t want to go back? never in my life. reporter: sandra s adult daughter was undocumented. she recently moved to albuquerque because she says the fear in arizona is stifling? you re here legally. you wouldn t be detained, you wouldn t be deported? why did you feel that fear? because the people make you feel bad. reporter: arizona state senator russell pearce, author of sb-1070 says his law is doing exactly what it was designed to do that to force people to deport. there s a cost to this. besides the obstruction of law, besides the crime that comes with it, besides the jobs taken from america. reporter: but these families said they did not receive government services because the