JUDGE RULES THAT ARIZONA COPS CAN START CHECKING IMMIGRATION STATUS

JUDGE RULES THAT ARIZONA COPS CAN START CHECKING IMMIGRATION STATUS ^

[the_boy_who_got_lost]

A judge has ruled that police in Arizona can immediately start enforcing the most contentious section of the state's immigration law.

The ruling on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton marks the first time police can carry out the 2010 law's requirement that officers, while enforcing other laws, question the immigration status of those they suspect are in the country illegally.

The requirement known by the law's critics as the "show me your papers" provision has been at the center of a two-year legal battle that culminated in a U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the requirement.

Opponents then asked Bolton to block the requirement and argued it would lead to racial profiling of Latinos.

Less controversial sections of the law have been in effect since late July 2010.

[the_boy_who_got_lost]

When I lived in Mexico (I lived there for 2.25 years) I got stopped (and harassed) by the police seeking mordida's (bribes) and the always asked to see my papers.

[pepsionice]

If you live in Germany...as a foreigner...you are required to have your passport on your person. Any federal cop...because there are no state or local cops...has the authority to ask who you are and to identify yourself. I spent sixteen years going through the system and appreciate the way it works.

[The Sons of Liberty]

I hope Hussein goes to Arizona for fundraising - it would be funny to see them demand proof that he is in the Country legally.

[Ingtar]

Except at the polling place?

[servo1969]

[EQAndyBuzz]

That is wrong on so many levels...

LOL

[BfloGuy]

If you live in Germany...as a foreigner...you are required to have your passport on your person.

Foreigners have the same requirement here, too. We just don't enforce it.

[the_boy_who_got_lost]

Heck, they don’t even check your vital signs to see if your still alive or not.

[the_boy_who_got_lost]

There are limitations for asking a someone to prove they are a citizen or here legally. Mostly after they have been arrested.

Unfortunately some cops will abuse the law. =( =( =( But that the law exists will help to eliminate illegals. Which most Mexicans really want because it’s the illegal’s who give Mexicans in general a black eye.

[SandRat]

Yippee!! Common sense at last from the “Bench”.

[bill1952]

The requirement known by the law's critics as the "show me your papers" provision has been at the center of a two-year legal battle that culminated in a U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the requirement.

Okay, I do understand that this requirement went to SCOTUS and it was upheld.

Opponents then asked Bolton to block the requirement and argued it would lead to racial profiling of Latinos.

Now, I'm not on board. - A district court has no standing to block a Supreme Court decision. What were they thinking?

[Cyber Liberty]

This is the result of a Remand. The SCOTUS doesn't just rule one way or another: As an appeals court, they decide what the criteria need to be, then send it back to the lower court with the order to consider the arguments a certain way. This is the procedural requirement to enforce the SCOTUS ruling.

[BobL]

...still waiting for the same type of law here in Texas, especially considering that we have Republican super-majorities in both our State House and State Senate, and a Republican Governor.

...oh, never mind, our governor is RICK PERRY, and his bitches run our House and Senate.