Having read the bill, with specific verbiage prohibiting ‘Profiling’, it’s appears to be pretty clear. But since all the furor and demonstrations against this new law, it’s is certainly understandable why many are so upset.
For the average law abiding citizen, and law enforcement, nothing has changed. Just one example, in the past, when an individual was stopped for a traffic violation, the officer asks for a drivers license, registration, and proof of insurance. If during this stop, if he begins to suspect you are here illegally, and you are, then you are detained and ultimately turned over to ICE.
Here is what has changed. In the past, ICE does one of three things:
Refuse the legal transfer.
Accept the transfer, give the illegal a verbal slap on the wrist and let him go. (San Francisco?)
Or occasionally just deport him, quite often to have him once again return illegally.
With this new law, ICE is bypassed entirely. If convicted, the illegal goes to jail. And in Arizona, he could find himself working for Sheriff Joe’s tent city. Not the kind work he envisioned. In effect, Arizona has taken her illegal problems out of the Federal Government’s hands since they seem incapable of doing either very little or nothing. This bypassing federal authority is overwhelmingly supported by a vast majority of the citizens of Arizona.
As just about anyone who has traveled or worked overseas knows, you keep your identification with you at all times. Passport, Visa (usually stamped in the passport) and if working, your work permit, and here we have the green card. Incidentally, that is the law here too, but largely overlooked. Ironically, just about every foreigner who is in this country legally, regardless of race or nationality keeps his papers with him. But of course, an illegal is unable to do so.
While the left are up in arms over this, now Texas is drafting a bill mirroring Arizona’s.
Mr. Obama: Can you hear us now?
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Comments
I totally support this AZ Law and see no reason the Feds should Complain as it takes the Monkey off their back, to enforce Immigration laws. I do not see any reason to scream Racial Profiling, as I do not think the Leo's are going out of their way to question anyone based solely of how they look unless there was a Hold up just reported and the Suspect is described as a Latino Male of X Height, and Weight, wearing a Red, And Blue Hooded Sweat shirt, and Blue Jeans around his feet.
The folks who love this law are white. They know nothing of racial profiling. They are naive about how police behave and don't follow the rule of the law. If nothing has changed, as the writer proclaims, why is Brewer trying to define how to identify an illegal and training officers not do any racial profiling. Your story should be clearly defined as opinion and even then it would be nice to see some back up info, facts for instance. Another Conservative hack job full of misinformation and bias.
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