Nissan Recalls Cube Hatchbacks; Inside the Immigration Fight
CARTER EVANS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Kyra, did you notice who was ringing the opening bell there, by any chance?</s>PHILLIPS: You know, I wish I could say -- well, here -- actually, let me see if I can see over here. OK. You know what, I have to admit, I don't watch "The Jersey Shore." My producer actually filled me in. I saw a clip of that show, and I don't know if I can stomach it.</s>EVANS: I was going to say, if you did recognize him by face, I was going to be a little concerned, but yes, a chance of "The Jersey Shore" ringing the opening bell here at the stock exchange today and what a good day to do it. Both the Dow and the Nasdaq yesterday moved back into positive territory for the year. The S&P; 500 could do so today. That is despite a dismal earnings report from BP. And the oil giant says it lost more than $17 billion in the second quarter. This is because it took a pretax charge of more than $32 billion to pay for the cleanup. It is the worst oil spill in U.S. history, and they also planned ahead putting aside a little bit more money than they've spent so far. This is the first look at the company's financial since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in April. It is a far cry from BP's results just about a year ago when the company raked in nearly $4.5 billion. BP's shares this morning trading down just about a half of percentage point, but on that announcement that Tony Hayward was leading, boy, they shot up about 5 percent yesterday. Meanwhile, United Technologies reportedly plans to cut another 1,500 jobs over the course of this year and next. World's largest maker of elevators and air conditioners targeted roughly 15,000 positions to cut during the recession, and it's not clear whether today's cuts are part of that figure. Let's go ahead and take a look at the early numbers today. The Dow is back on the rise. We had some decent data about home prices across the U.S. and also great earnings from DuPont. That's helping to boost the numbers. The Nasdaq up about 8.5 and the S&P; 500 gained about five points. Now, the top of the hour, Kyra, we're going to get the July reading on consumer confidence. As you know, that is so important because consumer spending represents about two-thirds of the economic activity in this country. So, we want to see that people are feeling better about the economy and feeling good about spending money. Back to you.</s>PHILLIPS: That all sounds good. And by the way, I must clarify, my producer said I read that on e-mail, you let that Carter know that I don't watch "Jersey Shore."</s>EVANS: OK.</s>PHILLIPS: She is busy watching the news, 24/7. OK?</s>EVANS: I'm sure. Likely story.</s>PHILLIPS: Thanks, Carter. Sorry, Pam. Nissan is recalling more than 51,000 Cube hatchbacks. You know the ones that actually look like a shoe box. You probably see them. Safety regulators say that if the cube is in a rear end accident, that the fuel can spill. So, Cube dealers are installing a special protector now to try and prevent those leaks. Models affected are made in 2009 and 2010. Arizona's new tough immigration law, SB-1070, it's controversial, it's contested, and it goes into effect Thursday unless something happens. CNN wanted to know what Americans are thinking about the bigger issue of illegal immigration. So, we asked what should the main focus of U.S. policy be? 57 percent said deport illegal immigrants and stop more from coming into the country. 42 percent say that there should be a plan to allow them to become legal residents. Illegal immigrants in Utah just want to know one thing, am I on the list? Talking about a list that basically says that these 1,300 people shouldn't be here. Here's where they live. Deport them now. Someone might have broken the law making all that information public. Regardless, it thrust Utah into the bigger immigration debate. CNN's Ted Rowlands talked with one man who's on that list.</s>TED ROWLANDS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Here in the state of Utah, the immigration debate is raging. State lawmakers are drafting a bill similar to Arizona's 1070. Then there is this. Names, addresses, and birth dates of 1,300 alleged illegal immigrants known here simply as the list.</s>ROWLANDS (voice-over): In the back room of a Salt Lake City market, Latino activist, Tony Yapi (ph), has a hotline for people to call to find out if they're on the list.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's a chilling effect into our community.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He's not on the list, OK?</s>ROWLANDS: The list surfaced two weeks ago. Two state employees who are now being terminated allegedly used medical data to come up with the personal information of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants. The list was sent to government agencies, law enforcement, and the media with this letter demanding that the people on the list be deported immediately.</s>JESUS, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT: I got here illegally. So -- but I didn't know I was doing a bad thing because I was young by then, but, now, I know it's a bad thing.</s>ROWLANDS: We met 25-year-old Jesus at a park. He didn't want us to show his home or use his last name. Jesus is on the list. He says he lived in Utah illegally since he was 15 when he says his father brought him here from Mexico. He has a wife who is also here illegally and a 2-year-old daughter who was born in Utah.</s>JESUS: It's pretty sad and scary because what if somebody comes to your door and knock, hey, let's go.</s>ROWLANDS: Jesus says the tension he feels living in Utah is growing with the ongoing immigration debates and now the list.</s>ELI CAWLEY, UTAH MINUTEMAN PROJECT: I think that there is fear in the hearts of these illegal aliens, I celebrate that.</s>ROWLANDS: Utah minuteman, Eli Cawley, is pretty clear on where he stands.</s>CAWLEY: They swam here. They walked here. They crawled here. By whatever way they got here, they can go back that way.</s>ROWLANDS: Cawley says people may call him a bigot, but he believes a lot of Utah is on his side when it comes to illegal immigration. In an April poll, 65 percent of Utah voters surveyed said they support an Arizona 1070-type law here. One is in the works and is expected to pass next year.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm tired of the lack of civility, I'm tired of the hatred, and I'm tired of the hostility. I think Utah -- the majority of Utahans are about that.</s>ROWLANDS: Last week, Republican governor, Gary Herbert, posted a discussion on illegal immigration. While there were disagreements on what if anything the state should do about it, all sides were quick to blame the federal government for not doing something years ago.</s>CURT BRAMBLE, UTAH STATE SENATE: In the absence of federal action on this, there may be no other alternative but for states like Utah to move forward.</s>ROWLANDS: As for the list, the attorney general announced a criminal investigation into the leak, although, Jesus admits he is in the country illegally, officials say some of the people on the list are here legally. Do you think you should be able to stay?</s>JESUS: Yes. I think I should have the chance to stay here.</s>ROWLANDS (on-camera): You can see Jesus' name here on the list. What he is hoping is that the federal government will pass some sort of immigration reform that has a path to citizenship for he and his wife. He says if that doesn't happen, however, he does have plans to move back to Mexico if forced. Ted Rowlands, CNN, Salt Lake City, Utah.</s>PHILLIPS: Jesus definitely feeling the heat. Nothing new. They're accused of breaking up families, deporting some immigrants from minor infractions, and allowing more flagrant lawbreakers to live in plain sight. All of it under the microscope of a country passionately divided. CNN's "American Morning" John Roberts spoke with the man who actually heads the U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement Agency. He joins us now for "A.M. Extra." So, John, what did he have to say?</s>JOHN ROBERTS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you. We talked to John Morton this morning with the Arizona law scheduled to go into effect some 48 hours from now. It's interesting to know that the Obama administration expects to deport 400,000 people this year. And last year deported 10 percent more than the previous year, the Bush administration, 25 percent more in 2007. So, the Obama administration insists that at stepping up enforcement, it is enforcing the law. Of course, it's getting criticized, as you can imagine, from both sides. Hal Rogers, Republican from Kentucky, says that the primary focus on criminals and repeat law breakers and not everyone who is undocumented in this country illegally, it's a form of, quote, "selective amnesty," while at the same time, the National Council of La Raza says while the administration has indicated to its enforcement officers not to deport parents or not to target parents who are looking after children, they say that doesn't always happen. The families are still being broken up, and according to Clarissa Martinez (ph) from La Raza, says, quote, "the gap between the intent and the reality is very, very wide." So, I put both of those criticisms to Morton this morning. Here's what he told me.</s>JOHN MORTON, U.S. IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT: I think there is a disconnect between some of our critics on the far left and on the far right. The truth of the matter is we are making significant reforms to the detention system, and we're just exercising common sense. We have about 30,000 detention beds on any given day that are available to detain people for removal purposes, and it doesn't make sense to put a pregnant mother in that detention bed when she will show up for her hearings without being detained or to put somebody who has terminal cancer in that detention bed. We need to put a criminal in that bed. We need to put somebody who's a risk of life (ph) or a danger to the community.</s>PHILLIPS: So, John with the increase of possible deportations then, what did John Morton say about ICE being prepared to handle all of that? Could it?</s>ROBERTS: The 400,000 that they're deporting this year expected to really is about the limit of what they can achieve. So, what Arizona's law expected to go into effect unless there's some court challenge that stops it with other states thinking of passing similar laws, it would definitely put a new burden on ICE because they would get all of these new reports of people being in this country illegally. Here's what Morton told me this morning. He says, we're going to take things as they come. Don't want to speculate at this point as to what we will get. But he said that there are obviously some challenges as to exactly what they can do in terms of enforcement which is why they're targeting, quote, "certain classes of offenders over others." So, it may be, Kyra, that if Arizona starts to report more people in this state illegally because Arizona doesn't have the jurisdiction to do anything about it. They have to just report it up the line to the federal chain. That they may have to, again, be even more selective in who they target for deportation. No question that if this law goes into effect, lot more reports are going to come over their transom, and it will be a challenge for them to deal with.</s>PHILLIPS: John, thanks. And that's what we're talking about, the countdown to the controversy. Just two more days before Arizona starts enforcing its tough new immigration law. You've seen the protests. You've heard the accusations. So, do you really know the reality? We're going to tell you what's really in the law.