Activists in California have started collecting the 488,000 voter signatures necessary to qualify a 2010 ballot initiative targeting illegal immigrants and their children. The measure would eliminate public benefits for illegal residents, challenge the citizenship of their US-born children, and establish new birth certificate requirements. Is such legislation viable? We check in for details on this latest development in the immigration wars.

Guests:

Ira Mehlman, Media Director, FAIR (Federation for American Immigration Reform)

Kristina Campbell, Staff Attorney, MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund)

Sam Quinones, LA Times reporter