Ray Suarez: The Complex Immigration Fight in Arizona

IMMIGRATION -- July 29, 2010 at 11:56 AM EDT

Reaction has flowed in fast and furious to a judge's decision to block parts of an Arizona immigration law and the pledge from Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to appeal the ruling. Ray Suarez and a NewsHour reporting team are in the state, talking to the people on the front lines of the immigration debate.

"This is not only being closely watched in this state, it's being watched in some two dozen other states that are looking to pass similar legislation to the new Arizona law," Suarez says.

We'll have more on Thursday's NewsHour but you can watch a preview here:

And you can watch legal expert assess what's next here:

With video editing by Mike Fritz and Tom LeGro.

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