So, it’s a crime not to produce identification when a cop requests it. But that doesn’t apply to citizenship?
OTH, I still can see a lot of “Cheech Marins” being stuck on the wrong side of the border because they didn’t have a birth certificate in their pocket.
Seriously, if a cop asked you today to prove you’re a citizen, what document would you show to convince him?
“Seriously, if a cop asked you today to prove you’re a citizen, what document would you show to convince him?”
The cop’s going to run your license number before he gets out of his car. He’s going to know your name, your age, any previous violations, your home address, if you have a concealed carry permit, any outstanding warrants, if you are insured etc.
A driver's license.
“Seriously, if a cop asked you today to prove you’re a citizen, what document would you show to convince him?
I would show my Georgia Driver’s License. To obtain this last year, I had to show my certified birth certificate, marriage licenses from first and second marriage and divorce decree. It was reluctantly given and I was advised I would need a certified divorce degree to renew it.
If I have to jump through hoops I have NO SYMPATHY for illegals or elected politicians.
The law doesn't give the cops the right to question anyone's citizenship without probable cause. That cause could be no license, no insurance, no English etc. They have to have a good reason. Even then the suspect would not have to produce papers, he would probably be held over for investigation. Have you ever been stopped without your driver's license? They will fine the crap out of you if you don't have it. All legal residents have to produce a green card if stopped for traffic violations, they always have had to.
The law does nothing that federal law doesn't already do, the difference is it is now enacted at the state level. Anyone against this law is against the rule of law in this country. All arguments against this law are frivolous and false.
The frickin' GOP people who are railing against this law have always been against enforcement of the existing fed laws as well and they have always been for amnesty.
Arizona wants the law, Arizona has the law. Period.