tensions in the korean peninsula. this week the government account ability office releases a report on branches of the government. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the illegal immigration is the focus of this documentary. he's a third prize winner in c-span's student cam contest.

>> 11 million, that is the estimated number of illegal immigrants in the u.s. > 10.8 between 2000 and 2010 the population grew by 27%. >> immigration has become a huge issue in america, one that affects occupations, industries, and individuals. however, not in the ways that many people think. in my home state of alabama, passing the law had far reaching affects on all of these areas. this law impacted groups and people economically and socially as well. affecting not just alabama but america as a whole. >> well, the issue from farmers is that they have a need for seasonal workers often times. sometimes year around but

seasonal workers to do jobs they can't find local employees to perform. they have found that since the immigration law passed a lot of migrant workers they depended on the past left the state, even some of those that had proper documentation left because of fear of being maybe misunderstood, their status being misunderstood or they had family members that did not have the proper documentation. >> one of the things that became an issue in law enforcement, there is a direct tie between illegal immigration and the drug cartel in the united states. alabama is a border state. we happen to border water, we border the gulf of mexico. particularly in southern alabama, we're a pipeline for narcotics coming into the united states, predocument mittly out f the united states.

there are major drug trafficking arteries coming into the united states. the immigration has become a great concern because some illegal immigrants, either use the drug trade or the drug trade uses them to get them into the united states. we found a direct correlation with that. initially when alabama passed this immigration law the law was very tough. it was going to place a lot of requirements on law enforcement and a lot of things we were going to have to procedurely in order to enforce this law. ironically, most law enforcement officers disagreed with the passage of this law. the reason is, we recognize that citizenship goes to the united states of america, not necessarily to the united states of alabama. >> christians feel that we have a responsibility to help those

in need. we certainly demonstrated the needs to the needy and alabama is a state with a lot of poverty. the neediest, those at the bottom were immigrants. we had eight or so congregations , hispanic congregations. all of these were just devastated overnight. >> there's also many misconceptions about illegal immigrants. many believe they don't pay taxes, take american jobs and reap american health benefits. >> a lot of people believe that illegal immigration is an issue because of the misinformation that is out there. you also hear that illegal take health care but

when you fill out a form you have to prove your citizenship to acquire those types of benefits. we also hear a lot about they don't pay taxes. well, immigrants do pay taxes, when they rent a property, when hey buy gas, when they pay for groceries, like any other citizen they are paying taxes. they pay taxes in the form of federal income taxes when you fill out an i-9 form. even as an undocumented worker and you have an i-9 form you are paying taxes just as any other documented citizen does pay. the difference is they will never be able to reap the benefits from those taxes being paid into the system because they are undocumented. even when it is all false -- false social security number is being used if wore that is paying into a system they will

never touch. host: ignorance and misinformation has clouded the issue of illegal iminvestigation. -- immigration. there is one other aspect currently in america. >> the people in southern arizona have had their rights violated by the unending and constant flow of drug smugglers and human traffickers across their property. their homes are being broken into. their rights are being violated. >> a lot of people get involved, particularly in the immigrant community. one, it is a matter of necessity, whether it be money or trying to come into the united states is why they get into the drug trafficking. number two, a lot of people are being held hostage. there's a tax every day on the illegal immigrants and with the drugs.

what happens in that is people are getting hurt. people are dying, people are getting killed, law enforcement, citizens as well as those, of course, who are committing the illegal activity. >> most agree that something needs to be done about this issue. ut we can't do this alone. that's why we need you, mr. president. >> you, the american people, you know that the road has been hard. >> the system is broke. >> while our journal has been long, we have picked ourselves up. >> we need to get a handle on this. we need to strengthen our bodiers so that the right people are crossing the borders. >> we have fought our way back. we know in our hearts -- >> we got a leaking boat that all we're doing is putting bubble gum in the leak.

until we revamp and totally redo that we're going to take on water and we're not going to make any progress. >> for the united states of america, the best is yet to come. >> i believe you, mr. president. because i believe you i trust when it for now on comes to the issue of illegal immigration the only way we'll be headed is forward. >> demration to all the winners in this year's student cam competition. to see more winning videos go to student cam.org. >> today on c-span "newsmakers" with buck mckeon. then a look at republican outreach to minorties with radio and talk show host armstrong williams. followed by kentucky senator

rand paul's remark at howard university in washington, d.c. >> i would like to think it is an important book in a sense, it tells you how the court works. there are so few good books out there to explain the process, what are they saying to one another? we see this court that splits the -- see the cases that splittings the court 5-4. it is a book about how the court operates. >> when you dig into the notes and the library of congress, the memorandum, the notes back and forth between justices that are available and a lot of stuff is available. you -- i'm not a lawyer. but i was fascinated by the human side of it. in many cases, justices have -- you can see that justices have