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Originally Posted by Willravel
Racial profiling has nothing at all to do with illegal immigration.
Let's go ahead and actually read the bill in question:
Arizona Senate Bill 1070 (pdf), emphasis mine |
Actually, I don't see what the big deal with law enforcement asking you to provide identification with proof of citizenship is. It's just a simple question. With as many as 12 million illegal immigrants, by some estimates in this country, I think it's a reasonable question.
One of my hobbies is photography, including big telephoto lenses. I've been stopped a couple times by law enforcement where they asked me what I thought I was doing. Big deal. I explained what I was doing and they let me go on my way. I got a couple funny stories out of it, one where the cops were called to investigate me for scoping out a chicken farm prior to stealing chickens.
Big deal.
But if President Calderon wants to criticize the US for illegal immigration policies, he best get his country in order. From what I read, sneaking into Mexico without proper immigration documents will land you in the Mexican slammer, where from what I've heard, you will not have a good time.