Arizona "your papers please" immigration law

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KylieDog 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.

...but they shouldn't be stopping anyone for anything but a offense?  Seems a moot point.

There is a VERY strong chance that if you see 30 day laborers standing on a corner waiting to be picked up for work, that at least 10 of them are illegal. A cop, even though he knows this, will not be allowed to investigate, because they have not broken any laws.

Just an example.