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Associated Press PROTEST PARADE: Immigrant rights advocates march across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York to demand full repeal of Arizona's new illegals law. The Obama administration is considering a backdoor approach to stop many deportations.
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Soldiers watch Mr. Abhisit's April 12, 2009, speech from Government House in Bangkok announcing a state of emergency aimed at stemming anti-government protests across the country.
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** FILE ** Protesters gather on Thursday, July 29, 2010, in Phoenix to rally against Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Protesters join hands as police block the street Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix during a rally against Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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** FILE ** A group supporting Arizona's immigration law, which opponents say fuels a climate of racism, shout at a coalition of immigrant groups and their supporters calling for a full repeal of the law on Thursday, July 29, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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A protester is arrested Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix while rallying against Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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With the Statue of Liberty behind them, a coalition of immigrant groups and their supporters march in the hundreds across the Brooklyn Bridge, Thursday July 29, 2010, in New York. Protesters are calling for the full repeal of Arizona's immigration law, saying it fuels a climate of racism. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A coalition of immigrant groups and their supporters march in the hundreds across the Brooklyn Bridge, Thursday July 29, 2010, in New York. Protesters are calling for the full repeal of Arizona's immigration law, saying it fuels a climate of racism. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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A coalition of immigrant groups and their supporters march across the Brooklyn Bridge, Thursday July 29, 2010, in New York. Protesters are calling for the full repeal of Arizona's immigration law, saying it fuels a climate of racism. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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From left, Maria Duran, Maria Uribe and Giornia Sanchez march in protest Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix to rally against Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Julio Fierro Jr., 19, of Tucson, protests Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix to rally against Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Protesters gather Thursday, July 29, 2010 in Phoenix to rally against Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most the law. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Pakistanis move to safety from a flooded village near Nowshera, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Stranded villagers wait for help at a flood-hit village near Nowshera, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Villagers move to a safe place from a flood-hit village near Nowshera, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Villagers struggle to move to a safe place from a flood-hit village near Nowshera, Pakistan, on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people in most severe floods in decades in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. Hundreds of thousands more were stranded as rescue workers struggled to reach far-flung villages. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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Signs set up by opponents of the new Arizona immigration law SB1070 dot the grounds at the Arizona capitol Monday, July 26, 2010, in Phoenix. A federal judge blocked key sections of the law Wednesday, July 28, 2010, hours before it was to take effect. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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In an act of civil disobedience protesters block the street to protest the SB1070 Arizona immigration law in front of U.S. District Court Thursday, July 22, 2010, in Phoenix. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton, on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, blocked sections of a new Arizona immigration law from taking effect July 29. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Jose Luis, right, an illegal immigrant who was deported to Mexico, gets dressed as he and other deportees gather near the Nogales Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A report by a think tank released Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, says global warming will increase illegal migration into the United States across the Mexican border. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this April 29, 2010, file photo, Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks during a press conference, in Phoenix. Without the benefit of their state's strict new immigration law, Arizona officers from Maricopa County helped deport more than 26,000 immigrants from the U.S. through a federal-local partnership that has been roundly criticized as fraught with problems. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
