“There are police chiefs throughout New England who hide from the issue . . . and I’m not hiding from it,’’ said Colonel Brendan P. Doherty, the towering commander of the Rhode Island State Police. “I would feel that I’m derelict in my duties to look the other way.’’
Rhode Island’s collaboration with federal immigration authorities is controversial; critics say the practice increases racial profiling and makes immigrants afraid to help police solve crimes.
R.I. troopers embrace firm immigration role
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld Rhode Islands practices just this year in Estrada v. Rhode Island, citing the 2005 Supreme Court ruling, Muehler v. Mena, that "a police officer does not need independent reasonable suspicion to question an individual about her immigration status…”
Given that 2005 Supreme Court ruling, I don't see how this judge had a legal leg to stand on. Did the AZ lawyers even submit this in their case??
maybe they used Norm Coleman's legal team.