I find this law entertaining, because it is a toothless bill that mostly clarifies under what circumstance a police officer can check to see if someone is an illegal immigrant; and it falls inline with the kinds of treatment you see in other countries. Basically if you’re traveling in another country you’re expected to carry your passport as identification to show police if they want proof that you’re in the country legally, and if you have a work visa you’re expected to carry certain papers to demonstrate that you’re in the country legally, and if a police officer detains you you’re expected to provide these papers to them as proof that you’re in the country legally.
Only in the United States could an individual be pulled over for a traffic violation in a vehicle with mexican licence plates, unable to speak coherent English, without a drivers licence, passport or any form of identification and the police officer will be called racist if he suspects that the driver is not in the country legally.
