Well, what I think it's a mistake is when we start having local law enforcement officials empowered to stop people on the suspicion that they may be undocumented workers because that carries a great amount of risk that core values that we all care about are breached.
Obama criticizes Arizona's immigration law for empowering local law enforcement to stop individuals based on suspicion of being undocumented.
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