What do you mean?? I thought Arizona has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
Arizona SB 1070
U.S. federal law requires all aliens over the age of 14 who remain in the United States for longer than 30 days to register with the U.S. government, and to have registration documents in their possession at all times; violation of this requirement is a federal misdemeanor crime. The Arizona act additionally made it a state misdemeanor crime for an alien to be in Arizona without carrying the required documents, required that state law enforcement officers attempt to determine an individual's immigration status during a "lawful stop, detention or arrest", when there is reasonable suspicion that the individual is an illegal immigrant.
In simpler terms, all immigrants must carry 'papers' with them. A police officer can look at you and say, "show me your papers," and if you don't have them, you will be arrested. It in essence allowed police to racially profile in asking anyone who looked "illegal" to produce their papers. Who, in Arizona, looks illegal? Every latino or latina?
Yeah, it basically means they can demand your papers, even if you are a US citizen, because either you prove your citizenship, or they lock you up.
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