Show Me Your Papers! The FACTS About Arizona's Immigration Law
FactCheck.org, a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics, sets the record straight on Arizona’s new immigration law:
“We’ll leave it to others to decide whether Arizona’s new immigration law is a good thing or a bad thing — but here we try to straighten out some of the confusing factual claims. First, a quick summary. Contrary to what the law’s defenders often say, the new statute does more than merely mirror federal law. For example:
- It’s a state crime for an illegal immigrant to apply for a job, or to solicit work publicly.
- The law also makes it a misdemeanor for a citizen driving a vehicle to stop to hire anyone if that “impedes” traffic.
- Citizens will be able to sue officials or agencies whose policies interfere with vigorous enforcement of federal immigration law.
On the much-discussed issue of whether the law permits or encourages “racial profiling,” we find:
- The amended law allows police to consider “race, color or national origin” when deciding whether to ask somebody for proof of citizenship, but only to the extent already deemed constitutional by the courts.
- It remains to be seen how police will interpret the law’s anti-profiling language in practice. State officials tell us they have yet to work out what factors police should be trained to use to establish “reasonable suspicion” of illegal status.
- Federal officials are open to criticisms similar to some of those being made about Arizona’s law. A federal manual for training state and local officials says they may consider whether a person has a “thick foreign accent” or looks “out of place” when deciding whether to ask them about their immigration status.
Finally, we examine a widely circulated chain e-mail written by an Arizona state senator who supports the law, and find her claims to be misleading. The violence against ranchers that she describes is real, but it is the work of Mexican crime cartels, not illegal immigrants.”
The full analysis can be read at FactCheck.org: www.factcheck.org/2010/06/arizonas-papers-please-law/
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This is not as big of a deal as most think. In order for a LEO to inquire about your residency status, you have to be caught doing something else. So, let’s say one is stopped for speeding. What is the first thing the officer asks for? … “License, registration, insurance”. There you have it – you showed your “papers”. In Arizona you cannot get a driver’s license unless you can prove you are here legally. Therefore a DL *is* proof. No more will need to be said. You get your ticket and you are on your way. It really doesn’t have anything to do with skin shade or language.