Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) conceded Thursday that she is "not quite sure" her state's immigration bill would help secure the border if implemented.
"Senate Bill 1070 is just another tool in our tool box in regards to trying to address the issues that we're facing here," Brewer said during an interview on CNN's "John King USA." of the bill she signed.
Asked if she actually believes the bill would improve the security situation at the border, Brewer responded: "Well, you know, I'm not quite sure about that."
"I think — well, not along the border," she continued. "I think it would help in telling people that it is illegal to come into the state of Arizona, which it already is, but it's just not being enforced. And so if they use it, the states themselves were going to enforce it, that certainly would maybe give people pause before they came running and crossed the border."
Despite her uncertainty on the bill’s impact, the Arizona governor filed an appeal on Thursday in hopes that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will reinstate a provision requiring police to check the citizenship of anyone they arrest or detain, which a federal district court judge blocked on Wednesday.
Brewer swore that she will be "relentless" in pursuing an appeal.
"I'm going to do what those of America wants us to do and hopefully we will proceed through the court system and we will be victorious," she said. "But the people of America, I really truly believe, come election time they're going to react in an interesting manner in regards to the federal government not behaving and not upholding their responsibility that is bestowed upon them as our federal government. They have let us all down."
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