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Originally Posted by Anonymous Member
It's not that the average person can't pick them out, it's that they simply aren't looking. It becomes pretty obvious once it's pointed out and is hard to refute.
For example, a cop notices a subtle bulge in the back of someone's shirt. It's not a predominant bulge, and the average person passes it over, usually because they aren't looking for it. But once pointed out, it's hard to say "there is no bulge." To a cop however, that could mean a weapon of some sort. Yes, it could mean a magazine as well, but that's why the cop would need other articulable facts to build up to reasonable suspicion.
Uh, wasn't that just done? Funny how you assumed hispanic based on these non-biased facts. (WAKE UP CALL, even CHINESE people can and do enter through Mexico, not to mention Iranian, Romanian, Saudi, and all others.) Not once was anything mentioned about race, color, or ethnicity. Keep in mind that these are just examples. Someone who does it for a living would probably be able to do a much more thorough list.
I don't understand how it could get any more 'fair' than that. Oh well, doesn't matter, because once someone is grabbed committing a crime, the law can and will then LEGALLY and CONSTITUTIONALLY determine whether or not other crimes, such as illegal immigration, are also applicable. But, you say, these people are "just coming here for a better life." Well, I guess they have nothing to worry about then. At least it will weed out the shitbags.
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But law enforcement isn't just allowed to determine whether someone is here legally after being grabbed for a crime. The law says that law enforcement can check status during any "lawful contact." As it was outlined in Terry V Ohio, lawful contact refers to a wide range of situations, and not just ones where suspicion of a crime takes place. A LEO can ask anyone on the street anything, and while the person doesn't have to respond or acknowledge, the mere asking is in and of itself "lawful contact."
And I just "assumed" Hispanic because that is the group that is going to be singled out in this law. But please, tell me the difference between the clothes illegal immigrants wear, regardless of origin, and the clothes Americans of a similar ethnic group wear.