Oh well don't want to be sidetracked again... Here is the link who is interested to read the whole law uncut...
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1070s.htm
While police demands of documents are common on subways, highways and in public places in some countries, including France, why this fuss in United State?
This new AZ law - the name is "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act" and really if you are in Arizona that is really the situation as mentioned in first post.
here is the main content - that every one is shouting about - that its racial law - pls read this and tell me where the race is:
A. No official or agency of this state or a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state may adopt a policy that limits or restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.
My views> It says no state agency may adopt a policy that limit the enforcement of federal immigration law to less than the full extent permitted by federal law... So whats wrong here - why should some one choose not to follow law?
B. For any lawful contact made by a law enforcement official or agency of this state or a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state where reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States, a reasonable attempt shall be made, when practicable, to determine the immigration status of the person. The person's immigration status shall be verified with the federal government pursuant to 8 United States code section 1373(c).
My views>Per USCIS - here is the statistic of aliens in this country:
Region and country of birth | Total | Family-sponsored preferences | Employment-based preferences | Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens | Diversity | Refugees and asylees | Other |
REGION | |||||||
Total | 1,130,818 | 211,859 | 144,034 | 535,554 | 47,879 | 177,368 | 14,124 |
Africa | 127,050 | 5,450 | 5,707 | 45,823 | 24,122 | 45,315 | 633 |
Asia | 413,312 | 81,218 | 78,881 | 168,366 | 13,536 | 69,561 | 1,750 |
Europe | 105,398 | 4,393 | 23,529 | 55,844 | 8,737 | 10,453 | 2,442 |
North America | 375,236 | 106,602 | 19,839 | 196,817 | 437 | 42,700 | 8,841 |
Oceania | 5,578 | 404 | 1,075 | 3,357 | 582 | 139 | 21 |
South America | 102,878 | 13,665 | 14,856 | 64,611 | 414 | 8,926 | 406 |
Unknown | 1,366 | 127 | 147 | 736 | 51 | 274 | 31 |
So this country have immigrants from all over the world, that is the reason this country is called country of immigrants... Duh... and they all look different and any one could be alien.. So why only Hispanics, in particular, railed against the law as a recipe for racial and ethnic profiling? Source: NY Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/politics/24immig.html
It clearly states that reasonable attempt shall be made, when practicable, to determine the immigration status of the person... How “reasonable suspicion” will be applied is one of the great debates over the constitutionality of the law. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer issued an executive order http://www.azgovernor.gov/dms/upload/EO_201009.pdf requiring training to "provide clear guidance to law enforcement officials regarding what constitutes reasonable suspicion, and shall make clear that an individual's race, color or national origin alone cannot be ground for reasonable suspicion to believe any law has been violated."
so everyone who are giving false cry - that include Mr. President - you too with your comment... But now suddenly if you don’t have your papers and you took your kid out to get ice cream, you’re going to be harassed....
Please read the law before giving comments for political benefits...
Arizona has done nothing but making it necessary for state officials to enforced federal law to its fullest extent and that is nothing wrong...
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