reforming fannie mae and freddie mac. which consumed enormous sums of money after the financial melt down. democrats say that that is for later this year, more likely next year. martha. martha: wendell goler in toronto, thank you very much. bill: in the meantime the white house s pick for a key role at ice, the immigration and customs enforcement creating controversy because harold hurtt is a former police chief in houston and phoenix, an out spoken supporter of sanctuary cities, towns that don t check for immigration papers and ice, he ll oversee partnerships between federal and local officials. martha: have you heard the story, two federal agencies are joining the push to boycott arizona. this is a very unusual development. protests against the grand canyon state s controversial immigration law continues across the country. the department of education and the u.s. border patrol were supposed to hold conventions at
of huckabee for president. welcome to all of you. peter you appoint a guy to a law enforcement position here who didn t necessarily want to enforce the law when it came to immigrants in his city, is that a wise idea? i don t think so. jon: let s start with peter. jon: okay. chief hurtt is somebody who is respected on both sides of the aisle. the guy has real world experience in phoenix and houston in dealing with these issues. my concern is you have activists on the other side who have a real political agenda here and now they are trying to go after this guy s reputation and credentials for the job when this fact he dealt with these issues in a real world fashion. that to me is the real issue here, jon is that illegal immigration is something we have to face and come to a sensible solution on and not get caught up in ideology. jon: he has said as hughes and police chief i had to allocate my resources in the best way
beneath his pay grade. megyn: this is not below his pay grade. you have this new hire, harold hurtt. he has selected as the office for coordination. this guy is an outspoken critic of immigration enforcement at the local level he s in favor of sanctuary cities. and he is. but he has been in favor sanctuary cities which means immigrants can live and work if they get i.r.s. papers to show they pay taxes. they don t have to live in fear if they get a traffic stop they will go to jail or be deported. megyn: according to you, the feds, i.c.e., they are supporting that policy of sanctuary cities and they agree to have this guise their
alan colmes in just about an hour. in the meantime you can go to foxnews.com where you ll find further in-depth information from our colleagues on the web side on this story, including more on why harold hurtt is such a controversial pick for this position. rereport you decide on air and online. megyn: drug dealers saying layoff smuggling routes or risk attack. in arizona police are vowing to keep up the fight but they are also taking the opportunity to point to dwindling budgets and aging equipment leaving them outgunned against these criminals who are well fueled by drug money. it s not necessarily a weapon for weapon, they are using ak-47 s and that s different i think because we re within the city i think it s a lot more dangerous for us to be trying to match them. megyn: violence along the border leading to less tourism and less tax revenue as a result. one arizona police department now turning to federal grants to
alert, we are getting word this hour of a major change potentially on the way for u.s. troops fighting in afghanistan. president obama has picked for the next u.s. commander in afghanistan is general david petraeus. he is set to change the controversial rules of engagement for u.s. soldiers. this will effect particularly make it either he year for easier for our troops to attack and defend against the enemy. we are going to have a live report on this from the pentagon just ahead. there are brand-new developments this afternoon in the immigration debate. controversy today over president obama s pick to play a key role at the u.s. immigration and customs enforcement or ice. former houston police chief harold hurtt picked to be the key man who will deal with local police departments when it comes to enforcing federal immigration laws. but hurtt is a well-known,