Comment · Mon, June 25, 2012
Supreme Court Strikes Down Most of Arizona Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants
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LOLN · 1 points
You're not understanding my qualm though.
Having no documentation of citizenship on their person should not be legal grounds for arrest since the arrest then assumes guilt upon providing proof of citizenship.
The original infringement that allows them to ask for identification (name/address, not id card) doesn't have to be an arrestable offense in this case, either.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Ok, I see what you are saying. A traffic offense becomes an arrestable offense due to their inability to produce proof of citizenship. However, is that not how all other offenses are handled when making an arrest? They are innocent until proven guilty, but the possibility that they violated the law gives the officer the ability to arrest them. Or am I off base?