i would like to start with celinda. you presented some very important -- interesting information about the american public opinionbout the arizona law. how you see those issues playing in the midterm elections? what do you see as the risk for each party, particularly as it relates to the latino vote? >>, in two minutes or less -- [laughter] that is a good question. in terms of the arizona law, you have to separate out arizona appeared and -- to separate out arizona, and particularly in places like california. and you have to separate it out as yet another problem that in the voters' minds are not getting soft. you were acquitted in your remarks about this and the president has been an eloquent about that the president -- that we cannot keep kicking the can down the road. there is this sense that congress and the administration has not done enough done. i think leaving anything on the table is going to cause frustration for the voters. that is question no. one, that as just an issue, yet another area that people can poin

i would like to start with celinda. you presented some very important -- interesting information about the american public opinion about the arizona law. how you see those issues playing in the midterm elections? what do you see as the risk for each party, particularly as it relates to the latino vote? >>, in two minutes or less -- [laughter] that is aood question. in terms of the arizona law, you have to separate out arizona appeared and -- to separate out arizona, and particularly in places like california. and u have to separate it out as yet another problem that in the voters' minds are not getting soft. you were acquitted in your remarks about this and the president has been an eloquent about that the president -- that we cannot keep kicking the can down the road. there is this sense that congress and the administration has not done enough done. i think leaving anything on the table is going to cause frustration for the voters. that is question no. one, that as just an issue, yet another area that people can point

i would like to start with celinda.on about the arizona law. how you see those issues playing in the midterm elections? what do you see as the risk for each party, particularly as it relates to the latino vote? >>, in two minutes or less -- [laughter] that is a good question. in terms of the arizona law, you have to separate out arizona appeared and -- to separate out arizona, and particularly in places like california. and you have to separate it out as yet another problem that in the voters' minds are not getting soft. you were acquitted in your remarks about this and the president has been an eloquent about that the president -- that we cannot keep kicking the can down the road. there is this sense that congress and the administration has not done enough done. i think leaving anything on the table is going to cause frustration for the voters. that is question no. one, that as just an issue, yet another area that people can point to where nothing is getting done, that will be a frustration to voters and across parties

i agree with the statement celinda and darrell made about the importance of the border security. not only is it important, but it is important for the other reforms that are necessary to get done. there is no way it will get traction if congress and the public get the message we are not serious about controlling the border. that is absolutely approves the requisite -- that is absolutely a prerequisite for this happening. let me take a little bit of a different spin on this. a lot of people assume that the people that are here illegally all came across the border. up to 40% of the population is estimated to have, legally, with a visa, and overstayed their visas. all the security in the world we put in place is not going to limit the population. that is 40%. our focus is what can we put in place, what is doable, to try to reach the population? to put mechanisms in place that are not border security necessarily, because that would not do any good for people who came here legally with a visa, but to make it easier to track and actually require those people when their visa is up to le

[applause] celinda lake. [applause] >> thank you very much.the presentation is loaded on to the computer. there it is. thank you very much and it is nice to be here. i want to thank dr. west in particular, and produce in general -- brookings in general, for adding more like to a conversation that often has mo heat then like to it. i think is a very thoughtful book and a great analysis of a lot of information out there. i want to assure you recent survey that we have done looking at the -- to show you a recent survey that we have done looking at voters nationwide. latino's have become very important in the 2010 elections, but generally in the future are very important. we looked at how people feel about the arizona law, how people feel about comprehensive reform, and how might this play out in the current elections. one of the reasons i love being a pollster is because conventional wisdom is usually about 95% wrong, plus or minus 5%. this is yet another area where conventional wisdom is wrong. there are tons of public polls out there. we found