[Mariner]

""We must enforce the law evenly, and without regard to skin color, accent, or social status," she said. "We must prove the alarmists and the cynics wrong."

The Governor is obviously smoking crack.

It's EXACTLY those items, whether LEO is able to find cover for them or not, that allow them to identify the illegals.

Brown, can't speak english...looking poor.

It IS the profile.

Anyone know whether racial profiling is illegal? I THINK it's not illegal as DHS now uses it to profile for shoe bombers and such. I believe it's only actual enforcement of the law that's subject to Equal Rights laws and precedent...not the initial identification of suspects.

[SatinDoll]

Not all illegal aliens crossing into Arizona are Hispanic. Hundreds are from other parts of the world, like Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

[txrangerette]

You ask them the “illegal” question in the line of other LE work you are doing. If something comes to your attention as you deal with them on other LE matters. An exception might be if you see a bunch of day laborers gathered where past experience says illegals are hired, then that LE matter coincides with the “illegal” question. Otherwise, you do NOT look at someone and say to yourself, hey, an Hispanic, gotta ask them if they’re legal.