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Teams ask players to always carry ID
AP ^ | June 18, 2010

Posted on 06/18/2010 3:42:10 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

PHOENIX -- Dozens of these young Latino men have crossed the border into Arizona. Some are just teenagers, some are in the United States for the first time. Many don't speak English.

Illegal immigrant fighter sheriff Joe Arpaio need not be concerned. They already have all the paperwork an immigrant -- and baseball player -- could want.

The Arizona Rookie League starts Monday, with some 150 or so prospects from Latin America taking part. Unless a court decides otherwise, the state's much-debated immigration law will take effect on July 29. The season ends a month later.

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.espn.go.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: aliens; arizona; baseball; immigration; mlb
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Imagine if Obama could name a White Sox player.
1 posted on 06/18/2010 3:42:11 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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Yawnnnnnnnnn...If I’m a foreigner in Mexico, Germany, India or any other country I HAVE TO CARRY ID. No big deal. Why is this a story?

‘cause Arizona is racist that’s why. /s


2 posted on 06/18/2010 3:45:42 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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If I’m a foreigner in Mexico, Germany, India or any other country I HAVE TO CARRY ID.
And I believe at least one European country requires you to leave your passport at the front desk each night.
3 posted on 06/18/2010 3:50:33 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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If you’re a foreigner in THIS country you have to carry ID all of the time.

Non-stop propaganda from the Democrats and the State Run Media.


4 posted on 06/18/2010 3:51:11 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (I Don't Want Obama to Kick Ass. I WANT HIM TO GET OFF HIS ASS!!!!)
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If you are not a Mexican citizen, you will end up in the slammer in Mexico if you don’t have your ID with you.


5 posted on 06/18/2010 3:53:15 PM PDT by macquire
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"Teams ask players to always carry ID"

In other words, teams ask players (presumably foreign-born non-citizen players) to follow US LAW. When you enter this country, you are advised to keep your passport AND visa with you at all times as a non-citizen. As a resident alien, you are legally obligated to have you alien registration card with you at all times, per the US code.

AZ is asking nothing more than the federal law demands. It's that simple.

6 posted on 06/18/2010 3:53:32 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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We brought in a local police officer to explain the situation and issued each player an ID card so they don't have to rely on carrying around their visas and paperwork with them."

That doesn't cut it. The FEDERAL LAW requires people visiting the US legally to have their paperwork with them at all times.

7 posted on 06/18/2010 3:56:10 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The US will not die with a whimper. It will die with thundering applause from the left.)
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"And I believe at least one European country requires you to leave your passport at the front desk each night. "

FWIW, this was a common practice in many European countries & hotels several decades ago, or longer. But since the advent of the European union, this is no longer practiced in Europe. HOWEVER, there are plenty of countries in Asia and Euroasia where this practice does go on.

8 posted on 06/18/2010 3:58:46 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: Drango

Should be a matter of course. I carry a state ID and if I travel outside the US, I have a passport. Should be a requirement for everyone. The writer is making it seem like baseball players in Arizona should fear if they don’t have ID.


9 posted on 06/18/2010 3:59:49 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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That doesn't cut it. The FEDERAL LAW requires people visiting the US legally to have their paperwork with them at all times.

I can't say for sure but, evidently, it's based on the special visas athletes receive. Ballclubs have only a limited number to work with.

And I can assure you that no major league organization is going to take a chance in theses matters. They all have lawyers who specialize in visa work and nobody wants their 17-yr old Dominican to get cross-wise with the law.

10 posted on 06/18/2010 4:11:30 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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Can anyone imagine NOT carrying one’s driver’s license with them at all times???


11 posted on 06/18/2010 4:18:43 PM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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Now who in the heck goes around without ID these days?

Oh yeah, I forgot.


12 posted on 06/18/2010 4:40:01 PM PDT by Bullish (Been to all 57 States.... Or is it 58?)
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Um, yeah. Carry identification to prove you are in the country legally. Duh.


13 posted on 06/18/2010 4:41:50 PM PDT by TruJess
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If you are a white American citizen who left your drivers license at home while driving in Maricopa County AZ, and get stopped by Sheriff Joe's Posse, you will get a ticket.

If you are a brown American citizen who left your drivers license at home while driving in Maricopa County AZ, and get stopped by Sheriff Joe's Posse, you will go to jail.

14 posted on 06/18/2010 4:51:31 PM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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I always carry ID, and my folks have been here legally for almost 400 years.


15 posted on 06/18/2010 4:54:30 PM PDT by Jedidah
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Can anyone imagine NOT carrying one’s driver’s license with them at all times???

Mine stays in the truck. I don't carry it with me when I'm on foot.

/johnny

16 posted on 06/18/2010 5:00:45 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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I wonder how many will end up skipping out.


17 posted on 06/18/2010 6:21:51 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The US will not die with a whimper. It will die with thundering applause from the left.)
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I wonder how many will end up skipping out.

None, usually.

Eventually, some will flunk out. And they'll return to their country of origin on a pre-paid airline ticket.

18 posted on 06/18/2010 6:28:23 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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All Mexicans in Mexico are required to carry their Mexican Voter Identification cards with them at all times. Mexican police stop anybody they want for little on no reason. If people cannot prove Mexican citizenship they are sent south of the Mexican border. Short brown skinned people are profiled as Guatamalans or Hondurans. If I were a Mexican I would much prefer to be arresed in USA than in Mexico.


19 posted on 06/18/2010 6:59:19 PM PDT by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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God Bless the Maricopa County Sheriff and his deputies.

How many white skinned people are residents of Mexico attempting to cross into America illegally.....

Do you suppose if a white skinned person went to Mexico and was stopped and had no ID he would be more likely to end up in jail than a brown skinned person? You betcha...you see the Mexicans don’t think there are too many whites traveling in Mexico without ID that are not up to something illegal...

Works both ways doesn’t it...


20 posted on 06/18/2010 7:26:31 PM PDT by macquire
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