Arizona Passes Strict Immigration Law, Americans Can Be Arrested For No ID

Apr 19th, 2010 | By | Category: Republicans

Republican Gov. Jan Brewer is expected to sign a new immigration law passed by the state House of Representatives.

It will now be a misdemeanor to not have the proper immigration paperwork in Arizona.  It will also require police to determine a person’s immigration status, if they feel they may be an illegal immigrant.  Currently, police can only look into someone’s legal status if they are involved in a crime.  The new law will make it impossible for illegal immigrants to report crimes, harsh working environments, or seek medical attention because of the fear of deportation.

The bill may also encourage police officers to take immigration verification into their own hands.  The bill specifically says that race can not be used as a factor to determine if someone may or may not be a citizen, civil rights groups expect officers will use that as a factor.  American minority citizens would be targeted and unduly burdened by the new law.  Americans could be arrested for simply not having their driver’s license with them or because they look like a minority without being associated with any crime.

Federal courts have stuck down similar bills before stating that the federal government is the only entity with the authority to enforce immigration.  The law also makes day labor illegal, which violates the 1st Amendment.  Law suites are expected to be filed once the bill is signed into law.

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  1. Arizona Taxpayers have past suspected where their hard-earned dollars were going? So the voters of Arizona had enough of their wages being appropriated to support the illegal alien occupancy and now changed the law. Being the first state just across the open border countless numbers of impoverished people have slipped past our thin undermanned line of Border patrol agents. In the last twenty years millions of circumvented our laws, to become a financial burden on every state in the union. This situation is not getting any better, but far worse as Democratic-Liberal influenced legislators have been offering even more welfare programs on a state level. Our government has failed to build the double border fence and Senators like Harry Reid, majority house speaker Pelosi have tried to sacrifice enforcement tools as E-Verify and 287 G police questioning program in different counties. Napolitano has cut budgets for the border patrol, ICE and other sections of the SAVE ACT. As for Sen. John McCain? How expeditiously he has changed his mind about the invasion. First he was all for AMNESTY. Now he’s pushing for another anti-illegal immigrant plan. We just can’t trust any of them? BUT McCAIN IS CORRECT ON ONE POINT, WE NEED TO MILITARIZE THE BORDER–ARMED AND READY.

    The list is long of Pro-illegal immigrant politicians and does not contain just Democratic-with Liberal thinking, but Republicans as well. What America need is–TRUE–moderate conservatism and neither parties are doing what’s best for the American people. We already have the 1986 immigration laws on the books and doesn’t need being rescinded. If it had been enforced in the first place, we wouldn’t have this increasing population of illegal immigrants. We do and should allow highly skilled workers who we don’t have to support, but we don’t need just anybody who can sneak across our open border. As the border remains wide-open in many places criminals are also appearing in increasing numbers, as well as foreign insurgents, who are being assisted by drug cartels and gang members. The police who are in short supply along the border region, believe that this that drug dealers were responsible for the death of Robert Kurtz on his cattle ranch.

    All those politicians implicated in keeping the border unsealed or involved in the pro-amnesty movement must be ejected during primaries or any upcoming election. Learn more about AMNESTY, overpopulation growth, your money paying to support foreign nationals at NumbersUSA. Tell your government, we don’t need another financially devastating amnesty at 202-224-3121 Remember taxpayers money spent on illegal immigrants annually, would pay for our foreign wars.

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