The immigration law
I posted this one someone else's blog in regards to the AZ SENATE BILL 1070:
Here is the issue with the law, if it were to be followed to the actual letter of the law:
11-1051-B states "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). 26"
What constitutes reasonable suspicion? Accent or color of the skin?
Furthermore, what is proof of citizenship? A drivers license does not prove that. Only a birth certificate or a passport (or citizenship papers in the case of a naturalized citizen) can proof citizenship on the spot.
In California, I know a plethora of American Born citizens that sound and look Mexican because they are of Mexican descent. What will they have to carry with them to keep from being detained and "TRANSFERRED IMMEDIATELY TO THE CUSTODY OF THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND TRANSFERRED IMMEDIATELY TO THE CUSTODY OF THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OR THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION" on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant? Will Americans of Canadian decent be subjected to the same scrutiny? How about those of British descent?
The law will most likely not be applied fairly, and it will probably lead to racial profiling. This is the problem I have with this law. If it were to be applied fairly, we'd all have to carry our papers around us like 1938 Nazi Germany. No thanks, I like America and want it to stay that way.
Here is the issue with the law, if it were to be followed to the actual letter of the law:
11-1051-B states "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). 26"
What constitutes reasonable suspicion? Accent or color of the skin?
Furthermore, what is proof of citizenship? A drivers license does not prove that. Only a birth certificate or a passport (or citizenship papers in the case of a naturalized citizen) can proof citizenship on the spot.
In California, I know a plethora of American Born citizens that sound and look Mexican because they are of Mexican descent. What will they have to carry with them to keep from being detained and "TRANSFERRED IMMEDIATELY TO THE CUSTODY OF THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND TRANSFERRED IMMEDIATELY TO THE CUSTODY OF THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OR THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION" on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant? Will Americans of Canadian decent be subjected to the same scrutiny? How about those of British descent?
The law will most likely not be applied fairly, and it will probably lead to racial profiling. This is the problem I have with this law. If it were to be applied fairly, we'd all have to carry our papers around us like 1938 Nazi Germany. No thanks, I like America and want it to stay that way.