is that it makes us more protective, more defensive, more self-concern. that accounts in large part for our inability and hostility towards immigrants. basically, the net illegal, undocumented immigration is 0 in this country, but it is still an obsession with people. >> the campaigns to present alternative visions. the president -- the problem is that both versions are impossible and stupid. look at northern europe. it cannot pay for itself. we cannot be belgium, france in 1992. it is of faith and vision. on the republican side, it is equally false. let's just cut taxes. that would drive us into a hole and create an economic problem that would make this seem like child's play. >> let me quote andy kohut -- "there has never been an issue like the deficit on which there is such a consensus by republicans about its importance and lack of work remains on acceptable -- if agreement on acceptable solutions." >> the entire world economy is contracting. even the chinese economy is contracting -- >> how does austerity work? >> it is not that exotic. i love how everybody is speaking in these abstractions did we have a president -- i know you guys don't necessarily want to criticize

is it makes us more protective, more defensive, more self- concerned. that accounts in large part for our inability and hostility toward immigrants. basically, the net illegal, undocumented immigration is 0 in this country, but it has still become an obsession with people who are concerned. >> the campaign's do present alternative divisions. the problem is, both divisions are possible and stupid. on the democratic side, let's return to northern europe from years ago i. t.s. a false image. we cannot be belgium or france from 1992. on the republican side, let's just cut taxes, that will solve the problem. that would drive us into a hole that would create an economic problem that would make this seem like child's play. >> andy kohut -- in all his years of polling, "there is never been an issue like the deficit where there has been such a consensus among republicans about its importance and a lack of agreement on acceptable solutions." >> this all happened at a time when the entire world economy is contracting. even chinese economy is contracting -- >> what is the solution? austerity? >> it is not at exotic. i love how everybody is spinning these abstractions. we have a pres

requires police officers to check the immigration status of any individual if they have, quote, reasonable suspicion, closed quote, that the person is an undocumented immigrant. what is the basis for reasonable suspicion? arizonan's guidance on the law tells police officers to consider factors such as how someone is dressed and their ability to communicate in english. two former arizona attorneys general joined by 42 other state attorneys general filed an amicus brief in the arizona case in which they said, quote, application of the law requires racial profiling. closed quote. and, of course, african-americans continue to face racial profiling on the streets and sidewalks of america. the tragic, tragic killing of trayvon martin is now in the hands of the criminal justice system. but i note that according to an affidavit filed by investigators last week, the accused defendant, quote, profiled trayvon martin, and, quote, assumed martin was a criminal, closed quote. the senseless death of this innocent young man has been a wake-up call to america. and so, 11 years after the last senate hearing on racial profiling, we return to the basic question. what

immigration have subjected hispanic americans to an increase in racial profiling. arizona's law requires police officers to check the status of any individual if they have "reasonable suspicion " that the person is an undocumented immigrant. what is the basis for reasonable suspicion? arizona's guidance on the law told police officers to consider factors such as how someone is dressed and their ability to communicate in english. two former arizona attorneys general joined by 42 other state attorneys general followed the brief in the arizona case in which they said "apication of the law requires profiling." african-americans continue to face the racial profiling. the tragic killing of trayvon martin is in the hands of the criminal justice system, but i note according to an affidavit filed by investigators, the accused defendant profiled have a von martin and assumed martin was a criminal. the senseless death of this innocent young man has been a wake up call to america. and so 11 years after the last senate hearing on racial profiling, we return to the basic question. what can we do to end racial profiling in america? we can start by reforming the justice department's racial profiling guidance issued in 2003 by

is deemed unfit. because of their undocumented status, their immigration status. the sad thing is that when family members are deemed unfit, the court -- courts proceed to determine the child is abandoned. that leads to the termination of parental rights for that parent that has been double -- deported. one in four children is the child of an immigrant. if you look at the numbers, recognize the significance of this issue. the resolution that i am introducing is a resolution that supports two pieces of legislation. california bill sb 1064 and federal bill h.r. 6128 whose primary objective is to keep families together in these kinds of situations where a parent is placed in an immigration proceeding. these pieces of legislation would do the following. that would make immigration status irrelevant for determining the placement of a child. it makes foreign forms of identification valid in potential proceedings including proceedings that require background checks. it actually extends the hearing time and custody -- in custody cases so that when a parent who is undocumen

one proposal that the sheriff refuses to consider is to stop " bling undocumented immigrants for the feds. >> wire with spending county money to do the federal government's job when the federal government as billions of dollars? >> the sherrif has a responsibility to keep the community safe and that is what he is elected for, that is his mind set, he will keep the community safe as it possibly can. >> no decision was made this morning, the proposal will go to the board of supervisors. >> both president obama and mitt romney expect a tough fight for virginia in november. the president is there to try and convince voters that he is the best canada to turn around the economy while the two campaigns to battle over the time mitt romney spent as head of a private equity firm. danielle nottingham takes a look that both sides. >> president obama off to court voters in virginia, digging in for a tough battle with mitt romney death in the state he won four years of golf. >> the reason that we came together, was to restore that promise for middle-class families and all who are striving to get in

what is the law for immigration under your regime. >> humane law is undocumented worker, a worker being able to move about in a way that will allow them to provide for their people. >> bill: does everybody get that status, everybody that wants it? you haven't thought this out. you have not even thought this out. with all due respect. you come in here with a very hot campaign, run by a far left website, demonizing people like me and you don't even know what you want. you don't even know what law you want. look i have my own program. >> the "i" word is racist, it's not language that is accurate. >> bill: we are just reporting what is happening. they are not just latino, they are asian, they are russian, they are everyone and coming here and crossing our borders illegals, i'm not a racist, i'm trying to tell the people the truth. i have to say i'm very surprised i gave you the opportunity to define for millions people what you want the law to be and you can't. >> we are here to talk about the "i" word today. >> bill: this is my program. >> the intention may not be, you know, racist, people

is not clear they're being targeted for deportation. we go now to phoenix to carlos garcia, an organizer for it later this month he will participate with undocumented immigrantivists and the no papers, no fear bus tour. its final stop is the democratic-to convention in charlotte. carlos, we welcome you to "democracy now!" explain with this lawsuit against arpaio is all about, which has meant hours of him sitting in this trial, responding to questioning. >> basically, arpaio vs arpaio. he had to respond to videos, when he had to refer to itself as being an honor to be referred to as ku klux klan. he had to talk to referring to mexicans as 30 mexicans and his book. the finale of the things he has talked about. all the evidence of his own words, his own doings of racially profiling in our community. to go along with that, it is the damage he has done, the community raids that he is put upon our community with mass deputies coming out to traditionally latino neighborhoods, detaining and stopping anyone that may look undocumented. >> explain who brought the suit, carlos garcia. >> it was brought forth by the aclu. eventually it was turned into a class-action laws

. >> the department of homeland security is expected to layout the ground rules august first, but we know that undocumented immigrants under the age of 30 with no criminal record, who are in school are eligible. 19-year-old vanessa is studying psychology, without deferred action, she'd have a doo agree dee -- a degree and no future. >> i'm glad to work and save up money to transfer to uc, and new doors will open. >> applications may be accepted as early as august 15th. but extra workers will have to be hired to process applications. it could take six months longer to get the visa, she said that she is ready to be part of the country she grew up in. >> i could wait six months, you know, it's like one day compared to 13 years. >> now, there's some fear about signing up for the program, if president obama does not win re-election the next president could end the program and then immigrants hoping to land a work visa could face deportation. reporting live in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you, a fast food fight in the south bay as chic-fila is preparing to open their restaurant. and some are prepared to prot

is something we need to address as americans. when i was assigned to mexico city the estimates were there were two million people that were in the country as undocumented immigrants. in the past ten years the number has grown 12 to fifty million people illegally in the country. one of the reasons is we haven't addressed the issue to be addressed. drugs are a little bit of a different matter. the violence in mexico is something that mexico has to deal with. there's a lot of control by the government or lack of control because of years of corruption. the years of glorify narcotics trafficking and they are looking at the aftermath of what the results have been. i hope i have answered your question. >> since you were a border enforcement for three decades you were in the job in 1986 when the great big immigration compromise was passed through congress. it is discussed a lot as immigration policy is talked about. you saw the effect of it. did the 1986 immigration reform act change things and if so in what ways? >> one thing about the immigration reform and control act of 1986 is it allows a couple village people that were in the country illegally to legalized. i think

instead pushing their own version that excludes gays, undocumented immigrants, and students. now the clock is ticking. republicans are delaying and the law hangs in the balance. on friday 200 survivors of domestic violence wrote a letter to congress demanding action. now "the new york times" is ripping the gop for the delay. it's just the latest example of republicans putting ideology ahead of women's issues. part of a pattern we've seen since the midterm election. last month republicans killed the paycheck fairness act, a bill that would help close the gender pay gap between men and women. and in state capitals across the country, conservatives are passing laws that actually hurt women. so far this year, 15 states have passed 40 laws to limit women's reproduction rights. everything from abortion bans to insurance coverage to forced ultrasounds. nothing is off limits when it comes to the war on women. and they're not letting up. just yesterday south dakota upheld a law requiring doctors to tell women seeking abortion they're at a greater risk for suicide. even the experts say the information

. >>> a memorial service is being held today for the 15 victims of a rollover crash in victim. that truck that you see there was filled with undocumented immigrantsstom enforcement agents say that they were from guatemala, honduras, and mexico. a damaged right front tire is being blamed for the accident. >>> we've heard the description time and again, loner, quiet, kept to himself. a former teacher says that's not the james holmes that he knew. you're going to hear from that teacher. but, first -- >> it's human nature to invest. it's human nature to try to make your life better. it's human nature to make the world around you a better place and what stops people is to do that and actually execute on those ideas. it's really hard. good ideas shouldn't find their ways on to shelves because they are the ideas of people with luck and circumstance. they should find their way on to shelves because they are good ideas. that's it. plain and simple. [ male announcer ] it's a golden opportunity... to experience the lexus performance line... including the gs and is. [ engines revving ] because control is the ultimate expression of power. [ revving continues

profiling hispanics and immigrants is the most efficient way to get someone deported. but you can't tell if someone is undocumented by the way they look or dress or where they live. in chicago, a puerto rican constituent of mine was detained for five days under suspicion of being undocumented. indeed, sadly, senators, there are hundreds if not thousands of cases of unlawfully detained u.s. citizens and legal residents in the united states each year in violation of their constitutional rights. some of them have even been deported and then been brought pack to the united states of america. that's not an old story, that's a story of today. the federal government took a step in the right direction when it legally challenged the show me your papers law in alabama, south carolina, and arizona, because the state laws are unconstitutional and interfere with the federal government's authorities to set and enforce immigration policy. but it makes no sense to file suit against unconstitutional laws, on the one hand, and on the other hand, allow those same laws to funnel people into our detention centers and deportation pipel

that is the forecast going through thursday. >>> and take a look in texas, a memorial service held today for 15 victims of a rollover crash. that truck was filled with undocumented immigrantsenforcements agents say they were from guatemala, honduras and mexico. the cause of the accident, well, a damaged front right tire is being blamed. >>> and an image that has become too familiar. movie theatre turned into a murder scene. the colorado suspect linked to the mass shooting spree is going to be in court tomorrow. james holmes expected to be formally charged with 12 counts of first degree murder among other charges. police say holmes killed 12 people at the theatre. 58 others were injured when he opened fire. court documents show he was a patient of a psychiatrist at the university of colorado, where he was attending school, had been attending school, before the attack. >>> well, before aurora, there was columbine. the school shooting in 1999 also outside denver. it killed 12 students and one teacher. two students were blamed in that attack. craig scott was wounded. his sister rachel was killed. craig sat down to talk about the theatre shooting in aurora and to offer his advi

the other part of the immigration debate is that there are people undocumented and came here in different ways. some legally and documents expired. others brought here as children. these are human beings and real people. they're coming here in search of a better life. some to escape from desperate situations. as a human element to that, but that has to be balanced for a concern about illegal immigration. it's a difficult balance. and as i write in the book i think the left often exploits that for political gain. not everybody on the left and not everybody in the democratic party but i have -- there is no doubt democratic party in the left used immigration issues a wedge issue in america. >> and president doing it this late in the presidency is this more what is constitutional versus issues of immigration in this case? >> i think no matter where you stand on this issue there is still a constitution. and as frustrated as you might get with congress we do have a congressional process. that is how you create poll sni america. i think that going to make it harder for to us come up with a decis

another house panel is claiming the obama administration for a nearly one in five rearrest rate for illegal immigrants who are not deported. the judiciary committee reports 17% of undocumented immigrants arrested for crimes commit new ones within three years of release. the administration admits the focus is on criminals not the ample illegal immigrant. olympic gold medalist credits the ghost of a late dictator with giving him strength. that is later in the grapevine. up next from boon to bust. in the big valley. [ donovan ] i hit a wall. and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go for olympic gold and go to college too. [ male announcer ] every day we help students earn their bachelor's or master's degree for tomorrow's careers. this is your moment. let nothing stand in your way. devry university, proud to support the education of our u.s. olympic team. humans -- sometimes life trips us up. and sometimes, we trip ourselves up, but that's okay. at liberty mutual insurance we can "untrip" you as you go through your life with personalized policies and discounts when you need them most. just call.

the administration has defend edits immigration policy saying its focus is on true criminals not the average undocumentedant. this report focuses on that criminal sector to make the case the policy is not working enough. the recidivism rate is much higher about 67%, but the president's critics here are saying these people should have been deported not released to commit new crimes. heather. >> reporter: steve centanni live for us from washington. thank you. bill: new revelations in the government spending scandal, investigators looking into at least 70 more questionable events funded by taxpayer dollars. remember this? agency boss jeff nealy from the tsa -- gsa, rather in a vegas hot tub was tha at a conference that cost taxpayers more than half a million dollars. >> everyone was taken by the fella in the hot tub who thumbed his nose at congress, and u know, wenyou know, went on this spending and travel spree. he was unfortunately the tip of the iceberg it appears. it looks like there may be dozens and dozens of these conferences. bill: bob cusack is with us, managing editor of the hill. good morning to

sandusky is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. >> hundreds of young, undocumented immigrantsrt. while the supreme court struck down a large part of arizona' controversial law this week within key pro investigation remains. that allows them to check a person's immigration status while looking for other s. >> you represent the visible face of what is the most important struggle for the united states today. >> earlier this month president obama announced the u.s. would stop deporting many young immigrants who were brought to the country illegally but congress still remains divided on the green act, which would grant sit seasonship from many undocumented -- citizenship from many undocumented. >> many people say they don't want to see chinatown as small shops driven out of the area. others were angry over walmart. the company says since the store will offer groceries, it is feeling a need in the neighborhood for fresh food. >> and he himself hosted saturday night live more than a des times but on this particular saturday night, alec baldwin isn't cracking up any jokes. >> and bald

now when we come back there is a lot of stereotypes about undocumented immigrants.ound a school with kids who were here legally but their parents were undocumented. that's a powerful story as well. >> do you think other americans look at you as a full american. >> personally i think i'm american first before i am latino. take the gamble out of stain removal. only resolve all-stains has two formula chambers to remove all types of stains. this week, failing is good and wall street is bad. what else does vc billionaire vinod khosla think? [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: as we mentioned earlier in the show, the latino vote is very very important in this election. and president obama so far is crushing on that count. latest poll has him up over by 40 points, 66% to 25% in the usa today. they realized if we stop deporting young kids who came here no one an undocumented fashion through no fault of their own it might be good policy, and it might be good politics. latinos support his new policy on that by 8 out of 10 margin, so 80% favor. that's working well, obviously. it's no

and i want to make a serious point offer with who why should undocumented workers be able to vote much be right calling them illegal immigrants is wrong because they're not citizens ok they work a lot of them be legally denied the read the vote they still go to we're going to a corporate loss of somebody going to work for an american corporation in this country they should be allowed to vote show us what frankly if you don't really get mad i think we should give them health care to where you know not to go over to tangent here but these people are those people who says that is what they want to hear they're going to hospitals they're getting sick they need to be provided you know get them out here where you've got to know nobody is going to get to this country they've been living in every twenty years we're going to be all it takes if you don't think they influence our politics you have been paying attention a lot of you for your record i think it's incumbent on every country to make sure that their economy works for their citizens but you know your point is a fast one we've got it we have to wrap it up as if it has taken the f.

now when we come back there is a lot of stereotypes about undocumented immigrants. school with kids who were here legally but their parents were undocumented. that's a powerful story as well. >> do you think other americans look at you as a full american. >> personally i think i'm american first before i am latino. break the ice with breath-freshening cooling crystals. ice breakers. hey joe? yeah? is this a bad time? no, i can talk. great -- it's the 9th inning and your hair still looks amazing. well, it starts with a healthy scalp. that's why i use head and shoulders for men. they're four shampoos for game-winning scalp protection and great looking hair... go on, please. with seven benefits in every bottle, head and shoulders for men washes out flakes, itch and dryness. and washes in... confidence. yeah it does. [ male announcer ] up to 100% flake free scalp and hair with head & shoulders for men. you want to save money on car insurance? no problem. you want to save money on rv insurance? no problem. you want to save money on motorcycle insurance? no problem. you w

undocumented immigrants to leave. by the way, they're not going to. this is what they're saying to me.e an economic tsunami in arizona. so, the fact çis, the numbers, again, forgetting all about the political rhetoric, the talk, the numbers actually shows that comprehensive immigration reform and a path to citizenship. you would have home ownership going up and you would have people opening small businesses and you would have all of these people paying in, they're already paying in, but even more so. so, as somebody who cares about jobs. why you're so much standing in the way of actually creating a, i don't know, a minor economic revolution 11 million to 12 million undocumented immigrants to be brought in. >> i want you to answer that question, but we'll take a break first. to whip up dinner. let's plug in to summer savings before they're gone... ...without wasting an ounce of energy with smart machines that turn housework into house play. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, save $600 on this maytag french door refrigerator, just $1,598. with two ti

is done. we're still committed to seeing this through. rick: illegal immigration at the forefront as agents near our border slam the president's policy for what they say is allowing undocumentedo take advantage of the system. julie myers wood is former head of immigration and customs enforcement. gemu greenee a fox news contributor. i'm glad to talk to you both. julie you first. we heard from the union heads who represent these bode der agents that the policy the president has put in place is really tying their hands and preventing them from being able to do their jobs. why? >> they are concerned that there are no standards in place to prevent fraud. and historically many of these amnesty programs, with very good intentions had tons of fraud and you ended up having terrorists or transnational criminals enter our country and gain legal documentation, and the immigration agency couldn't do anything about it. i think we are seeing the border patrol and ice are very, very concerned that there are not standards in place and instead of stopping people at the border now the border patrol is going to be waiving them n. rick: gemu the president put this policy out without consulting c

. >> the administration says its policy is to focus its limited resources on criminals, not the average undocumented immigranty point to a record number of deportations, nearly 400,000 last year, shep. >> shepard: catherine herridge live in washington. nearly 10% of the world's population is right now in the middle of what may be the biggest blackout ever. power problems in india are now affecting well more than half a billion people at last check. in fact, more than twice the u.s. population. the power grid has buckled for a second straight day. it's an issue of supply and growing command and aging infrastructure. streetlights out of service. massive traffic jams. train passengers stranded. shops and restaurants closed. some hospitals, airports, and private homes are run aring okay backup generators. most people are just sweating it out in the horrible summer heat. the united states is now responding to reports that al qaeda fighters are hijacking the uprising in syria or at least trying to. apparently al qaeda is not the only group hoping to take advantage of that civil war. we'll get the details next. plus

immigrants from status checks by police. >> an assemblyman says it is necessary. the existing federal secure communities program violates peoples rights undocumented or not. >> it's a good program. >> an assemblyman sponsored the california drugs action. it passed the state senate. it stops local police from referring any decent to officials unless that person has been convicted of a serious felony. >> people live in the shadows and you don't report it because they think they will be deported. >> right now the federal secure communities program allow fingerprints to be sent to the police for background checks also be sent to ice. they can hold the person for deportation proceedings. but not reporting all criminal violations does not sit well with the minutemen. >> if somebody is illegal they should be reported to ice. the fed should be enforcing the immigration laws in this country. >> the new measure takes the teeth out of law enforcement. >> all it's doing is taking away from law enforcement to let illegal ail experience do what they wanted to do. >> last year for which figures are available, they had more people the largest of any state of undocumented aliens.

immigrants from status checks by police. >> an assemblyman says it is necessary. the existing federal secure communities program violates peoples rights undocumented or not. >> it's not a good program. >> an assemblyman sponsored the california drugs action. it passed the state senate. it stops local police from referring any decent to officials unless that person has been convicted of a serious felony. >> people live in the shadows and you don't report it because they think they will be deported. >> right now the federal secure communities program allow fingerprints to be sent to the police for background checks also be sent to ice. they can hold the person for deportation proceedings. but not reporting all criminal violations does not sit well with the minutemen. >> if somebody is illegal they should be reported to ice. the fed should be enforcing the immigration laws in this country. >> the new measure takes the teeth out of law enforcement. >> all it's doing is taking away from law enforcement to let illegal ail experience do what they wanted to do. >> last year for which figures are available, they had more people the largest of any state of undocumented ali