Quote Originally Posted by iamhunter View Post
I still disagree with the law.

It basically gives LEO the power to ask for papers wherever, whenever, for whatever reason.

awesome right?


I'm really having a hard time believing there are people on this board that are falling for the leftist propaganda regarding this law.

This law DOES NOT give law enforcement officers the power to "ask for papers wherever, whenever, for whatever reason".

The officer will still need to have reasonable suspicion or probable cause to make a contact and query the person stopped regarding their citizenship. The only thing it changes is to make being in the state illegally a state crime now subject to state enforcement and state punishment.

It's not shades of Nazi-ism. Or the old Soviet Union. Or any of the other leftist bullshit like police can "ask for papers wherever, whenever, for whatever reason".

For fuck's sake...

Not only does it not give police officers more power, it does something people on both sides of the aisle have been harping on for years: it punishes businesses and employers who knowingly hire/employ illegals.

Arizona SB1070 starts this way (emphasis mine):
FOR ANY LAWFUL CONTACT MADE BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL OR AGENCY
21 OF THIS STATE OR A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS
22 STATE WHERE REASONABLE SUSPICION EXISTS THAT THE PERSON IS AN ALIEN WHO IS
23 UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES, A REASONABLE ATTEMPT SHALL BE MADE,
24 WHEN PRACTICABLE, TO DETERMINE THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF THE PERSON. THE
25 PERSON'S IMMIGRATION STATUS SHALL BE VERIFIED WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
26 PURSUANT TO 8 UNITED STATES CODE SECTION 1373(c).
It also requires immigrants to carry proof they are in this country legally...JUST LIKE FEDERAL LAW ALREADY REQUIRES! HELLO, McFly!!!

It also provides for punishment of officers if they act in bad faith. Such as walking up to a person and asking "for papers wherever, whenever, for whatever reason."

Instead of pissing and moaning about what you "think" this law says, why not try to actually read it:

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/04/16/AzSB1070.pdf

This law is the best thing to happen regarding illegal immigration that I can remember in my lifetime. Sorry for the rant...but when this kind of leftist propaganda is perpetuated by people who should know better it really pisses me off.

Awesome, right?