The controvercial Arizona immigration law finally reached the U. S. Supreme court, and it still provokes just as much anger as when first introduced. The laws are considered unjust primarily due to the fact that it allows police to check the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest and believe to have entered the country illegally. Even some Arizona police officers are against the laws seeing "the true evil, that its divisive", as the law would require the officers to raciall profile anyone stopped or arrested. I agree that racial profiling is wrong and unfair when taken into account in some cases, Mexicans who have come across the boarder illegally are not the only illegal immigrants in America. I also think it is still important that the police have some authority to check the citizen ship of people living in a given area, if only to prevent illegal immigrants from slipping under the radar, however, I do not like the way Arizon has gone about this.
Article Referenced:
Archibold, Randal. "Debate Over Arizona Immigration Law Comes to U.S. Court". NYTimes. New York Times. 15 July 2010. Web. 28 August 2010.
I agree that police must have some authority to check papers. It's a matter of national security. I am in no way in favor of racial profiling, however how do you select someone to check their papers. Is it a random selection? Should everyone's papers be checked? Or should police just choose to view papers of someone who is "suspicious" or has committed a crime? It's a difficult situation. I think it best that papers be checked when someone is arrested or pulled over, if immigration is an issue in an area, then everyone's papers should be checked. Police should not limit the checking of papers to one racial group.
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