Arizona v Obama

The issue of Arizona's immigration law will be on the table today as Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) goes to the White House to meet President Obama and discuss the state's controversial new immigration law.

The President has been very clear about expressing his feelings on that new law, labeling it "misguided" and likely unconstitutional for what he believes would be violations of civil rights.

"We can't turn law-abiding American citizens --- and law-abiding immigrants --- into subjects of suspicion and abuse," the President told a Cinco de Mayo event at the White House last month.  

"We can't divide the American people that way.  That's not the answer.  That's not who we are as the United States of America."

But Republicans like Gov. Brewer are just as confident in their position, arguing that the federal government has not done its job on the southern border.

"This legislation mirrors federal laws regarding immigration enforcement," Gov. Brewer said when signing the bill into law.

"Despite erroneous and misleading statements suggesting otherwise, the new state misdemeanor crime of willful failure to complete or carry an alien registration document is adopted verbatim from the same offense found in federal statute."

The law has not taken effect as yet, one reason maybe why the federal government has not challenged it in court.

But all signs seem to be pointing to such a legal battle this Summer, which also could make immigration reform and the Arizona law into a prime election year issue.

Polls continue to show a strong majority of Americans in favor of the plan, which has drawn the scorn of Obama Administration officials and Democrats in the Congress.

One note about the meeting in the Oval Office - it's "Closed Press".  So you won't see any video evidently of the President and the Governor talking turkey about immigration.

The issue of Arizona's immigration law will be on the table today as Gov. Jan Brewer (R-AZ) goes to the White House to meet President Obama and discuss the state's controversial new immigration law. The President has been very clear about expressing his feelings on that new law, labeling it ...