Web Special: Arizona to require police check on immigration status

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Arizona's legislature has approved what many are calling the most drastic immigration measure in the country. Lawmakers on Tuesday passed SB1070, a state bill that would require local police to verify the legal status of people stopped - for incidents as minor as a traffic violation. The state senate passed a similar bill and now it goes to Republican Governor Jan Brewer. Immigrant rights groups say it amounts to a police state, allowing law enforcement agents who are not trained in immigration law to enforce it. The Arizona police chiefs association has also opposed the bill.

We're joined by Representative Kyrsten Sinema, Democrat from Arizona's District 15. She's also the Assistant Minority Leader in the Arizona House of Representatives.