Question. Honest one. I’m not a US citizen. If I went to Arizona on business, or as a tourist, am I going to get deported when I can’t prove my citizenship (on the grounds I’m not a citizen). Or does a visa count?
I'm sure a visa counts...plus the aim is not to act like Gestapo and harass tourists or tie up innocent people for no reason. People have to quit looking at these things as all or nothing. All or nothing at all is a liberal ploy.
You are a legal visitor. No problem. You are “documented”. Have a nice stay.
I'm going to mention that indeed abuses have occured only because otherwise someone will cite a case where so-and-so was abused, falsely accused, arrested, the governemnt is evil, ad naueum ad infintum, so-on-and-so-forth. This is the land of the free, home of the brave. OK? And you know. I find your query replete with naivete. I wouldn't be surprised if you threw that question out, in rather troll-like fashion.
Do you think life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is just some mere ad slogan? I think not.