ROBERTS: Eleven minutes after the hour and new this morning. Virginia joining the fray over illegal immigration. The state's attorney general says Virginia law allows officers to check the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest. That's pretty close to one of the key provisions that a federal judge blocked from Arizona's controversial immigration law. However, even with blocking that in Arizona, police officers are allowed to check someone's immigration status. They're just not required to do that.</s>CHETRY: Right. It would be interesting though if it ends up being a test case in Virginia after all this wrangling over what's going on in Arizona.</s>ROBERTS: Yes.</s>CHETRY: Well, an FBI webpage quotes a senior agent as saying that violent Mexican drug cartels may be more dangerous than Al Qaeda. But a spokesman for the FBI stresses that quote is the opinion of one agent who lives and works on the border. The spokesman also says that some areas along the Mexican border are so violent they're reminiscent of Chicago's gangster era of the 1930s.</s>ROBERTS: And there's new evidence this morning of the brutal and escalating drug trade violence ravaging Mexico. Officials say what you're seeing here in this video is an explosive that was fired at police during a shoot-out in Juarez on Sunday night. Investigators aren't sure if it was a grenade, but they say it is a reminder of the drug cartel's increased sophistication and strength.</s>CHETRY: Well, every Web site you visit, every online purchase you make, every file you download you're being watched on the web. Can we hide from the prying eyes of big brother 2.0? That's next. Twelve minutes after the hour.
Virginia Enters Immigration Debate; Escalating Battle with Mexican Drug Cartels