The Justice Department has confirmed it’s reviewing a new law in Arizona that forces police officers to determine the immigration status of someone they suspect of being an undocumented immigrant. Opponents call it the harshest anti-immigrant measure in the country and a license for racial profiling. Speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said she has “deep concerns” about the law.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano: “The Justice Department is reviewing the Arizona law. It does not actually take effect until ninety days after the close of the Arizona legislative session, so it is not, in fact, in effect in Arizona, which permits time, I think, for the Justice Department to really look at whether the law meets constitutional safeguards or not.”