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Kasz216 on 27 July 2010
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NJ5 said:
Kasz216 said:

As for me by the way...  I'm kinda confused about this law.

I mean, if someone is caught committing a crime or are suspected of committing one aren't they required to show proof of identification anyway?

I mean, you'd want to make sure it was the right guy i'd think.  Even if it's something that's just tickatble.  I mean... you ticket someone who has no ID.  What are the chances that gets paid?

Given what you said, and assuming this law is not totally useless I'd say that it means that the police can ask for your id for the "appearance" of an infraction, or for things which usually wouldn't warrant a fine. For example, a policeman sees a jaywalker and asks for his papers.

Jaywalking would warrant a fine.  I don't think we have any law infractions that don't warrant fines.

Either way, I think i'm just going to read the law... try and figure it out.

 

Edit: http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1070s.pdf

Is the bill by the way.

As far as I can tell... they don't even arrest you if you can't prove status.

Basically if they arrest you, and there checks show you aren't a citizen... you're deported...

or if your background check shows your not a citizen, THEN they arrest you if they find you again.

 

The biggest worry for illegal immigrants is they're actually going to try and inforce it being illegal to hire immigrants on the street.  They can also get people who are illegal immigrants and working, but that's not likely to come up unless they commit a crime or don't pay taxes or something.