I sincerely doubt that is true. I grew up in Arizona near the Navajo and Hopi Reservations and even in the 1950s and 1960s it was rare to find one that couldn't speak English. I also lived in Casa Grande and knew many of the Indians in that area. Many chose not to speak English because they had chosen to follow their native ways- but they indeed learned English and could speak it when needed. Also it would be a pretty dumb LEO that couldn't tell the differences in the language and dialect, even without being fluent in other languages. Indians also have all the normal forms of ID, plus usually a tribal census card.
In my opinion LEO will be able to enforce this law without profiling or dragging minority citizens to the hoosegow. LEO use many clues to determine if someone is a "person of interest" and needs more investigation. They are good at what they do. The media will say it is about the clothes- or the language but it won't be that simple- it will be a series of things that might lead LEO to take a second look at someone.
Where I live we deal with the Border Patrol regularly in traffic stops; they are also good at what they do and I don't believe what they do is racial profiling since I am a pale skinned blond and have been stopped many times. One of my daughters dated an Australian that was here on a student VISA and the BP checked him out thoroughly on more than one occasion and once he was in trouble because he didn't have the documents with him he was supposed to carry. Doesn't sound like they rely on racial profiling or should since there are illegals here from nearly every other country on the planet.
Not speaking English indeed may be a clue- but only one clue to be used along with other clues. I would think for someone to get their attention it would likely be a traffic stop and the first issues will be if the person has all the usual paperwork in order- same if one is involved in some other sort of activity that comes to the attention of LEO- do they have ID? What kind, legitimate or otherwise- then they will move on from there.
I just don't see all this as a problem- will some LEO take advantage to harass someone? Maybe but there are bad LEO out there now that harass people so I don't see this creating a new issue.
Sorry, you’re wrong. I am the former deputy director of the National Indian Health Board and the former executive director of the Phoenix Area Indian Health Board. The former had responsibilities nationwide, the latter, in four states, Arizona, California, Utah and Nevada. I myself am a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma. I spent much time in the cities and outbacks of Arizona. I ran across many who do not speak English. In fact, I took our board members to dinner in the little Mexican town of San Luis. (The board was meeting in Yuma.) We had trouble getting back across the board into the U.S. because the WIFE of our president didn’t speak English, and another family member of another family didn’t. When I went to meet in small reservation communities, I often had to take an interpreter with me. And several of these little communities were within four or five miles of a U.S. or state highway or interstate.