I actually read the entire bill this morning, and my concerns still exists here:

1. Requires a reasonable attempt to be made to determine the immigration status of a person during any legitimate contact made by an official or agency of the state or a county, city, town or political subdivision (political subdivision) if reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the U.S.
How on earth can you you gauge "reasonable suspicion" that a person is here illegally?

An accent?

A skin color?

What?

What's the definition of "legitimate contact"?

I have no problems with a law like this one, except this specific bill is poorly worded in numerous places, leaves alot of room for interpretation, and leaves alot of room for abuse.


Easy Fixes:

A.) In order to be subject to a immigration check, the suspect must
i.) Be engaged in a licensed activity (i.e. driving) and/or
ii.) Be committing, or intending to commit a misdemeanor or felony.

I leave out minor infractions and petty offenses because I don't think the cops should have carte blanche to stop and identify people for something stupid like jaywalking, loitering, etc.

I mean would anyone have a problem with the above clauses being incorporated into the law?

It would go along way to protect valid citizens from undue scrutiny and invasion of privacy.


Maybe the above provisions already exist in the bill.

Like I said, I read it, but found no such clauses.

Granted, legal jargon can be hard to understand and I may have simply missed it.