Exactly my point-- there is *nothing* suspicious about someone simply walking down the street minding their own business just because they happen to be 'brown' and that would be an abuse of the law, as written. The Governor who signed the law has said so herself.
But this does give officers an additional provision to check the immigration status of people they encounter on duty--which more than likely could be for some other possibly related activity. Which makes sense when you consider this law came about in response to border violence and crimes committed by illegals. So now when someone gets nabbed on gang, smuggling or some other related charge, they can be checked and deported if it is reasonable to do so. As opposed to being thrown into our prison system or released back onto our streets.
What other illegal activities can be related to illegal immigration? There are people who enable illegals to enter and who transport them across the border, or give them shelter. There can be forgery crimes, identity theft, and instances of fake IDs, and those who enable or prepare such materials. I would be willing to bet these are the sorts of things which will be targeted, and those people involved who will be checked.
Sure many illegals who are not committing any crimes will probably go unnoticed unless they do something to call attention to themselves... but this law does give officers an added tool to deal with those who are actually committing crimes, which AZ has deemed as a serious problem and threat.
Not all police officers are corrupt and abuse the law, which seems to be the major the assumption here. It's this train of thinking that "all cops are white, and since all white people are racist by default, therefore it follows that all white cops will be corrupt and start harassing people simply for being brown." That is the talking point coming from the Left-- that this is just a racist law to get rid of all brown people and has nothing to do with people actually breaking the law or abusing our immigration system.
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But this does give officers an additional provision to check the immigration status of people they encounter on duty--which more than likely could be for some other possibly related activity. Which makes sense when you consider this law came about in response to border violence and crimes committed by illegals. So now when someone gets nabbed on gang, smuggling or some other related charge, they can be checked and deported if it is reasonable to do so. As opposed to being thrown into our prison system or released back onto our streets.
What other illegal activities can be related to illegal immigration? There are people who enable illegals to enter and who transport them across the border, or give them shelter. There can be forgery crimes, identity theft, and instances of fake IDs, and those who enable or prepare such materials. I would be willing to bet these are the sorts of things which will be targeted, and those people involved who will be checked.
Sure many illegals who are not committing any crimes will probably go unnoticed unless they do something to call attention to themselves... but this law does give officers an added tool to deal with those who are actually committing crimes, which AZ has deemed as a serious problem and threat.
Not all police officers are corrupt and abuse the law, which seems to be the major the assumption here. It's this train of thinking that "all cops are white, and since all white people are racist by default, therefore it follows that all white cops will be corrupt and start harassing people simply for being brown." That is the talking point coming from the Left-- that this is just a racist law to get rid of all brown people and has nothing to do with people actually breaking the law or abusing our immigration system.