For citizens and illegal immigrants alike, Arizona law hits hard
April 25, 2012
(CBS News) - Arizona says the federal government has failed to stop illegal immigration, so the state had to take matters into its own hands. That was the heart of an argument before the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
In 2010, Arizona passed an aggressive law designed to make life so difficult for illegal immigrants that they'd choose to leave.
Most of the Arizona law is on hold while the court makes its decision. But even so, the law is changing lives. CBS correspondent Brian Rooney explains how.
Leticia Ramirez and her husband are both illegal immigrants from Mexico. He did
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