Good for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer! She went ahead and signed the bill that makes it against the law to be an illegal immigrant in Arizona. In signing the bill, she pissed off President Obama, as well as millions of Latinos throughout the United States, both the legals and the illegals.
Now a slew of federal lawsuits will begin. I suspect the federal courts will rule that the new law is unconstitutional. If I’m wrong and the law is upheld, watch for the collapse of Arizona’s economy to follow. And as my friend Centurion said, the illegals will just move to California and Texas.
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With unemployment of citizens at over 10% in this state, just how will this law cause the demise, much less the colapse of Arizona'w economy. The savings in welfare and free medical in our emergency rooms alone will be HUGE.
"We in Arizona have been more than patient waiting for Washington to act," said Governor Brewer.
"But decades of federal inaction and misguided policy have created an unacceptable situation."
There it is there...
Firstly.........Federal Law REQUIRES that all resident aliens carry their Green Card (that piece of identification issued by our Federal Government that proves you are in this country legally) and produce it when directed to do so by a peace officer. Kinda like when you get pulled over while driving when you are asked to produce your driver's license.
Secondly.........A peace officer under the new Arizona law must have Reasonable Suspicion that the person he observes is in this country illegally before asking for that identification. ] .....
Reasonable suspicion is a legal standard in United States law that a person has been, is, or is about to be engaged in criminal activity based on specific and articulable facts and inferences. It is the basis for an investigatory or Terry stop by the police and requires less evidence than probable cause, the legal requirement for arrests and warrants. Reasonable suspicion is evaluated using the "reasonable person" or "reasonable officer" standard, in which said person in the same circumstances could reasonably believe a person has been, is, or is about to be engaged in criminal activity; such suspicion is not a mere hunch. Police may also, based solely on reasonable suspicion of a threat to safety, frisk a suspect for weapons, but not for contraband like drugs. A combination of particular facts, even if each is individually innocuous, can form the basis of reasonable suspicion.
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