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Originally Posted by kane
I was talking to a police friend of mine about the law and he made some great points. Supposedly they will need probably cause to stop you before they can ask you about your immigration status. What this will do is allow them to ask people that they pull over for traffic stops, or if they get called to their homes etc if they are illegals. There are many places in the country where the police will stop someone at a traffic stop, find out they are illegal and yet not be able to do anything about it. Now they will be able to.
Supposedly they can't just look at you and see you have brown skin and look Mexican and stop you. The potential problem as he pointed out, is that there are enough laws on the books that a cop can stop just about any car on the road that they want. I wonder how long it will be before we see people stopped and cars stopped for pretty lame reasons. The other thing that might bother me is that it required legal immigrants to carry their papers on them at all time. That kind of spooks me.
For me, this law is a win for the lawyers. The city of Phoenix is already going to sue. The ACLU is going to sue and you know that someone will be asked for their papers, not have them and end up arrested only to be found innocent and they too will then sue.
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Yes there are enough laws on the books to question just about anyone about just about anything.
Point: While driving, you are required to have your Driver's License as a means of identification, but primarily to prove you are legitimately allowed to operate a motor vehicle. How is it any different to require a visitor in this country to carry their proper paperwork to identify themselves as well as to prove they are legitimately allowed to be inside the borders of the US? Doesn't seem all that unreasonable to me.
If I got pulled over and a cop asks me for ID, the first thing I do is give it to him. I don't cry injustice and lawyer up. If you aren't breaking the law, what do you have to fear?
ILLEGALS ARE HERE ILLEGALLY. That is the most important thing people neglect. They are already breaking the law. As tame as many think the offense is, it's still a broken law; just like speeding, stealing gum, jaywalking, murder, embezzlement, etc. There are consequences for each.
If they are here legitimately and are harassed, I am all for them wanting to fix the system. I don't however think we should protect the law breakers first and deal with their rights first. The citizens of this country have a right to protect and maintain their citizen base and population base in a responsible manner. Letting the uninvited wander unchecked is a poor way to protect your home.