Obama rips new Arizona immigration law

Such legislation could “threaten to undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans,” the president said during a naturalization ceremony for members of the United States Armed Services…

Obama said Thursday that he has asked members of his administration to “closely monitor” the situation.

He warned that failure to act at a federal level to pass comprehensive immigration reform would only open the floodgates to irresponsible and overreaching measures on the state level, referring directly to “efforts in Arizona.”