Truesee's Daily Wonder

President Obama and Gov. Jan Brewer are set to meet face-to-face at the White House on Thursday to discuss Arizona's efforts to combat illegal immigration.

The tough-talking Arizona governor will be taking her case for border security to President Obama on Thursday, and has no plans to back down.

Gov. Jan Brewer, who has been both cheered and jeered for supporting a law aimed at fighting illegal immigration that some call "racist," plans to take the White House to task for failing to secure the nation's border.

"Mr. President, we need our borders secured," she told CNN's John King on Tuesday night. "How can we work together to get it done? We need your help."

She may find herself in an uphill battle, however.

The President has called Arizona's anti-illegal immigration effort "misguided," and the Attorney General has raised the possibility of filing a lawsuit to stop it.

If that happens, Brewer told CNN: "We'll see [Obama] in court." 

"I have a pretty good record of winning in court," she added.

Brewer indicated she would not agree to postpone the law, which is set to go into effect at the end of July.

"Eighty percent of American[s] agree with me, agree with the state of Arizona, and I think it's important that the President and I sit down and discuss why it is important."

President Obama announced last month that he plans to ship 1,200 more National Guard troops to the border to beef up security, and also seeks to send $500 million to fund improvements.

"This administration has dedicated unprecedented resources over the past 16 months to fulfill the federal government's responsibility to secure the Southwest border," an official told Reuters.

But Brewer argues more needs to be done, and it needs to be done now.

"The people of Arizona are discouraged, they're fed up," she said. We've had security flaws on the border for years now."

"A nation without borders is like a house without walls," Brewer said. "It collapses. And that's what's going to happen to America." 

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