Posted by: The Elephant Owner in Common Sense on April 27th, 2010
Eugene Robinson is concerned that the new immigration law in Arizona will transform it into a racist police state.
It seems to me that a law … requiring legal residents to carry identification documents, as in a police state…
Time to wake up an smell the coffee. It is a federal law that legal immigrants must carry identification documents. It’s called a “green card”. If asking to see your green cards is a problem, why do we spend so much money on visas and passports? If Eugene Robinson doesn’t know the current law, what makes us think his opinion of the new law has any merit?
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Arizona lawmakers have approved changes to the state’s controversial law cracking down on illegal immigrants. The changes were designed to answer charges made by protesters that it will lead to racial profiling by police. The original law stated police can conduct an immigration status check during any quote “lawful contact,” if they have reasonable suspicion a person is an illegal immigrant. It replaces “lawful contact” with “lawful stop, detention or arrest,” clarifying police may not stop people without cause. The revised law also removes the word “solely” from the phrase “The attorney general or county attorney shall not investigate complaints that are based solely on race, color or national origin.” Read the new Arizona Immigration Law