Senators expected to touch on Arizona's illegal immigration crackdown during hearing
WASHINGTON - Senators are expected to question Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about the ramifications of Arizona's tough new immigration law when she appears for an oversight hearing.
The Senate Judiciary Committee already had planned the hearing for the Homeland Security Department. Last week Arizona's governor signed a law requiring police to question people about their immigrant status if they suspect they are in the U.S. illegally.
Napolitano's department oversees border security.
President Barack Obama has called the new law "misguided."
Arizona officials say the law is necessary because the federal government has failed to stop the steady stream of illegal immigrants.
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