Arizona "your papers please" immigration law

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L.C.E.C. said:

badgenome said:

L.C.E.C. said:

badgenome said:

There was a pretty lengthy discussion about it here, but I'm not sure how to search the forums anymore.

Anyway, that's not entirely accurate. If someone is stopped for another offense, the police officer can ask them about their immigration status if there's reasonable suspicion that they're in the country illegally. It's really not a huge departure from current law, and the only reason there's a firestorm around it is because Arizona intends to actually enforce it.

Yeah, I've been kinda wondering... If you have a driver's license (or some other form of federal ID) and spoke in (even broken) English, then wouldn't that kinda rule you out of suspicion? I'm not worrying of course, 'cuz I'm not in Arizona and I'm Caucasian, but I'm just wondering.

Yeah, there's a rather long list of what the authorities will accept as a valid ID.

Specifies a presumption of lawful presence with these IDs: Arizona driver license or ID; tribal enrollment card or ID; valid federal, state or local government issued identification, if the issuing entity requires proof of legal presence before issuance.

Lol, so wait a second, so if you are illegal and doing something already either illegal or potentially endangering (speeding/drunk driving/public intoxication), and the cops pull you over and you have no ID, then they can deport you? LOL, if I did that I'd get put in jail. Why are people flipping out about this again?

If you dont have your papers of ID you get put into a holding cell, someone can bring your ID to show whether youre "legal" or not. 

People are flipping out because of the link i showed. Its expensive to deport people, this doesnt actual help anything logically. Unless you in your heart of hearts believe over 50% of this countries crime comes from people here illegally.

The real reform needs to be getting these people registered quickly and easily so they can start paying taxes. 

This arizona stuff has already gone on in Virginia and it DESTROYED a county, when we are talking about this on a state level its even bigger because youll have boycotts, migration out of the state, displacement, innocent children getting ripped from families.....the reform needs to come from figuring out how to register people not how to deport them.