Gov. Brewer of Arizona to Meet with President Obama on AZ Immigration Law

President Barack Obama is set to meet with Arizona Governor Jan Brewer this week to discuss border security and the recent Arizona immigration law passed by Brewer. The meeting between President Obama and the Governor of Arizona to talk about Senate Bill 1070 is scheduled for Thursday in Washington, DC.

President Barack Obama, who has decided to meet with the Governor of Arizona on Thursday, has publicly voiced his opposition to the Arizona immigration reform bill even before Gov. Brewer signed it. Senate bill 1070 was signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer in late April.

Critics of SB 1070, the AZ immigration bill Brewer signed to "protect" Arizonans, have been heavily protesting the law and its potential for being unconstitutional. President Barack Obama has himself stated he would be having the Justice Department look into the constitutionality of SB 1070 to determine if its signing was even legal on a Federal level. It is unknown if this aspect of the immigration reform battle will be discussed when President Obama meets with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to discuss immigration and border security later this week.

Though new Arizona immigration law SB 1070 echoes, ver batam, Federal immigration law, many Americans feel that Governor Brewer was wrong in signing the state version. Critics of SB 1070 feel the new Arizona immigration policies, set to take effect later this summer, will create the feel of a "police state" in Arizona, where legal immigrants, or even any person who may "look" like an immigrant, can be asked for their papers at any time.

Though public opinion polls both before and after the new AZ immigration law was signed show a majority are in favor of the immigration reform, thousands of protesters have been taking to the streets in protest for weeks now. It is unclear what, if any, impact the meeting between the Governor of Arizona and President Obama will have on Arizona immigration law reform.