To be sure, there are some serious concerns with Arizona’s new immigration law. Not the least of which is the slippery slope of profiling and what constitutes “reasonable suspicion.” Pandering politics is now a given.
But if anyone has a case for the toughest immigration law in the country — absent a fair, coherent, security-enhancing national policy — it’s Arizona, the “Ground Zero” state. Not only does it have an estimated half million illegal immigrants, but its desert is a virtual welcome station for a majority of illegal immigrants and drugs flooding into the U.S. from Mexico.
Ironically, maybe Arizona’s heavy-handed approach — and resultant backlash — will give impetus to meaningful national border security and sensible immigration reform.
This isn’t a big step towards profiling. If your involved in a crime officers already ask for identification. As American citizen do you think officers shouldn’t be able to ask for identification ever?