2010-07-05 CNN
Indeed, after years of patchwork fixes and ill-conceived revisions, the legal immigration system is as broken as the borders. Backlogs and bureaucracy means the process can take years, states like Arizona have decided to take matters into their own hands, and giving a level of frustrations across the country this is understanding, but it is also ill-conceived , laws like Arizona’s put huge pressures, on local law enforcement, to enforce rules that automatically are unenforceable. It puts pressure on already hard-strapped, state and local budget, it makes it difficult for people here illegally to report crimes, driving a wedge between communities and law enforcement making our streets more dangerous, and the jobs of our police officers more difficult.
What’s obviously very much disputed is what happened in the hotel room. She says that he made a series of sexual advances, short of rape but physically painful she said she was in, she had a physical therapy for months afterwards because of injuries that she received, but she then managed to extricate herself from the room and eventually reported the crime, that’s what she says. Another point that is very much worth mentioning is that the national enquirer says when they approached this woman initially about coming forward to tell the story, she asked for million dollars that certainly damages her credibility. It doesn't mean she is lying but it would certainly be a problem if this case ever went to court.
Hurricane Alex is losing its punch now officially downgraded to a tropical storm, And let's talk Alex real quickly here. It did come ashore in northeastern Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane late, late last night with winds in excess of 100 miles an hour. Look at this video, but Alex kicking up fresh concerns about flash flooding in south Taxes and adding to the worries, you know everyone is thinking about the down there about that oil recovery effort, right is 73 now in the gulf. Efforts to skim the oil and burn it have been disrupted. Many of those big sections of the booms you know, they are designed to block the oil -- they are now damaged. And they have halted spraying of those dispersants, at least until the winds and the waves calm down.