senate bill 1070 - which part is racist?

[QueEx]

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Federal Judge blocks Arizona
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Judge Susan Bolton of U.S. District Court issued a preliminary injunction against sections of the law, scheduled to take effect today.

What the Judge Blocked:

• That portion of the Arizona law which called for police officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws

• That part of the Arizona law which required immigrants to prove that they were authorized to be in the country or risk state charges.

• Provisions that allowed the police to hold anyone arrested for any crime until his immigration status was determined.

• A requirement that police, while enforcing other laws, question people's immigration status.

• A requirement that authorities verify the status of all arrested people before their release from jail.

• A requirement that immigrants obtain or carry immigration registration papers.

• A ban on illegal immigrants from soliciting work in public places.

• A provision that allows for warrantless arrests when people commit crimes that can result in their deportation.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15620894?nclick_check=1

 

[cranrab]

What the Judge Blocked:

• That portion of the Arizona law which called for police officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws

i think opponents of the law may end up wishing that the judge did NOT block this portion.

in its stead, they may discover an entirely more rigid law will be authored independent of SB1070.

 

[QueEx]

What the Judge Blocked:

• That portion of the Arizona law which called for police officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws

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i think opponents of the law may end up wishing that the judge did NOT block this portion.

in its stead, they may discover an entirely more rigid law will be authored independent of SB1070.

Perhaps. But in my opinion, that provision was extremely problematic and was due to be stricken. If the Arizona legislature comes up with a more rigid law, so be it -- the legal test, as I see it, is not how rigid it is, but whether its constitutional. Whether its too rigid, on the other hand, is more of a political question. Much of SB1070 appears UNconstitutional.

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[Panvapyperway]

Arizona Borderlands and U S Mexican Relations

Im pretty liberal.

But on this side of things, Illegal immigration is illegal. If you are legal, you already carry your green-card, if you are illegal, you should get the boot. There is nothing in the law that says check all Mexicans.

It says that if police have reasonable grounds to suspect that someone may be an illegal immigrant then they have the right to ask that they prove their immigration status. The reason they may suspect Latinos more than anyone else, is because the majority of illegal immigrants in Arizona are Mexican.

So seriously, lay off Arizona.