Ravi
Diamond Member
Arizona isn't another country. As an American, I would expect to prove myself in another country. But not in THIS country, as an American.1. Requires a reasonable attempt to be made to determine the immigration status of a person during any legitimate contact made by an official or agency of the state or a county, city, town or political subdivision (political subdivision) if reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the U.S.
What is a legitimate contact and what is a reasonable suspicion?
Basically what this law says is that you are guilty until you prove yourself innocent.
How is this different that the police assuming every male is a rapist and locking them up until they prove otherwise?
Ravi, on reasonable suspicion see post #15, I already posted somthing on that one, as for legitimate contact ,
Police power describes the basic right of governments to make laws and regulations for the benefit of their communities. Under the system of government in the United States, only states have the right to make laws based on their police power. The lawmaking power of the federal government is limited to the specific grants of power found in the Constitution.
The right of states to make laws governing safety, health, welfare, and morals is derived from the Tenth Amendment, which states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." State legislatures exercise their police power by enacting statutes, and they also delegate much of their police power to counties, cities, towns, villages, and large boroughs within the state.
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One can see that legitimate contact can be a traffic ticket, a court visit, or anything as defined as contact with a state,local, county, or city govt. official in an official manner. One other thing I mentioned earlier was that here in Arizona our citizenship requirements for a DL are quite restrictive, and have been for some time. This law that has passed is hardly the deamon that the press has made it out to be and is supported by almost 70% of the people here. In the end what really needs to be done is reforming immigration. What I fail to understand here, and am not saying this out of spite, is what would those who say that there should be no laws like this? Have no borders? if thats the case then try getting caught in Mexico without any documentation. The point is Ravi almost every nation in some way has a system by which you must enter that nation and its rigidly enforced. It would not be much for Americans to ask the same of their Govt.