Joe Scarborough Calls Arizona Immigration Law ‘Un-American’
April 27, 2010 by Noel Sheppard
Discussing the controversial bill signed by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Friday with “Morning Joe” guests that included Rev. Al Sharpton, Scarborough said:
It does offend me that when one out of every three citizens in the state of Arizona are Hispanics, and you have now put a target on the back of one of three citizens who if they’re walking their dog around a neighborhood, if they’re walking their child to school, and they’re an American citizen or a legal, legal immigrant, can now put a target on their back and make them think every time they walk out of their door, they may have to prove something.
Well, here’s the pertinent portion of the law:
· Prohibits law enforcement officials and law enforcement agencies of this state or counties, municipalities and political subdivisions from restricting or limiting the enforcement of the federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.
· Requires officials and agencies to reasonably attempt to determine the immigration status of a person involved in a lawful contact where reasonable suspicion exists regarding the immigration status of the person, except if the determination may hinder or obstruct an investigation.
One of the keys here is “lawful contact.” As Byron York reported Monday:
What fewer people have noticed is the phrase “lawful contact,” which defines what must be going on before police even think about checking immigration status. “That means the officer is already engaged in some detention of an individual because he’s violated some other law,” says Kris Kobach, a University of Missouri Kansas City Law School professor who helped draft the measure. “The most likely context where this law would come into play is a traffic stop.”
As such, Scarborough’s concern that someone “walking their dog” or “walking their child to school” might be stopped to prove they’re in America legally is a common misconception concerning this law, but not one someone like him should hold.
Another issue is “reasonable suspicion” which, as it pertains to fighting crime, has been supported by the Supreme Court for over forty years.
Coulter: I’ve Never Seen Any Issue Lied About As Much As Ariz. Immigration Law
May 1, 2010 by Noel Sheppard
No, everyone is blatantly lying about what this law does. Specifically racial profiling is prohibited by the law. Cops, by the way, cannot initiate contact with anyone under the law whom they could not initiate contact with before. It’s when they’re in the process of stopping someone or arresting someone if there’s a reasonable suspicion that the person is here illegally, not based on race, not based on a suspicion of the person’s national origin. But you know, other reasons. If a cop stops a, you know, a van pull full of car, a van that’s speeding and 20 people get out and run in 20 different directions, that would cause reasonable suspicion. And it’s not like Arizona is inventing this legal principle.
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