Supreme Court Strikes Down Most of Arizona Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants

Comment · Mon, June 25, 2012 · 4 pts

SB1070 stipulated that an officer could only ask if another violation had been committed. They were not permitted to randomly ask people walking down the street! They had to be stopped for another reason.

Comment · Mon, June 25, 2012 · 3 pts

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 a

Comment · Mon, June 25, 2012 · 2 pts

Perhaps I am not seeing the distinction. If I get pulled over and do not have my insurance card on me, but I do have insurance, I am still cited until I can prove I have it. Was that not assuming I was guilty simply due

Comment · Tue, June 26, 2012 · 2 pts

Right, but one provision of SB1070 was that you had to be stopped for some other offense before they could ask you, not just walking down the street. I figured the most notable time it would come into play would be traff

Comment · Tue, June 26, 2012 · 1 pts

Can you give an example of a situation where this would happen not driving?

Comment · Tue, June 26, 2012 · 1 pts

So perhaps the wording should be changed to only apply at traffic stops or criminal violations. The aspect I liked about the law was that it made it illegal for cities to become sanctuaries. They were effectively saying

Comment · Tue, June 26, 2012 · 1 pts

How do illegal immigrants largely not get benefits?!? They have use of our schools, hospitals, roads, fire, police, and even indirectly our national defense! And no, they do not pay taxes a lot of the time. The businesse

Comment · Tue, June 26, 2012 · 1 pts

Wrong! There are many studies on a national and state level that show otherwise. You may think the organizations are biased, but they have hard numbers. "In August 2004, the Center for Immigration Studies released a lan