[lucysmom]

When somebody robs the local Casey’s Store is it the feds who are going to have to answer the call while the local police twiddle their thumbs?

Is a "Casey’s Store" (never heard of it) on federal property? Native American land?

I don't get what that has to do with the Arizona law being challenged by the DOJ.

An engineer natural born American citizen of European ancestry, who lives in Arizona was telling me about his Native American natural born citizen co-worker who gets stopped so frequently and asked to prove his citizenship that he now keeps a copy of his military discharge papers on the dashboard of his car.

This never happens to the white European looking engineer, just the Indian (Mexican) appearing co-worker.

Perhaps that's your idea of what freedom meant to the founding fathers, but it sounds more like oppressive police state tactics to me.

[rolling_stone]

Who does this Arizonan get stopped and questioned by and where?

[butterdezillion]

The Arizona law would only allow that if he was stopped for another reason and there were additional reasons to suspect that there was a problem with documentation - such as a refusal to show a driver’s license or suspicious behavior.

So it sounds like the Arizona law would be a step up from what this person experiences now. Why do you think Obama’s DOJ doesn’t want to improve the situation for this friend of yours?