US judge backs key provision of Arizona migrant law

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Source: BBC

A US federal judge has ruled Arizona officials can enforce a controversial provision and demand to check the immigration status of suspects.

Critics say the provision, dubbed "show me your papers", will encourage racial profiling.

But lawyers for Arizona's governor argued that police would need "reasonable suspicion" to trigger the demand.

The US Supreme Court has already ruled to uphold the provision.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19497994

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1. This will be the end of agriculture in Arizona, and a well deserved self-inflicted shot in the foot

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2. Sadly the Judge had no choice given the SCOTUS ruling

(said the lawyer)

SCOTUS may be the single most important reason to vote for Obama and the Dems.

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3. Police in legal minefield on Ariz. immigration law

PHOENIX (AP) -- More than two years after it was signed into law, the most contentious part of Arizona's landmark immigration legislation is expected to finally go into effect following a federal court ruling issue late Wednesday.

But the U.S. Supreme Court has laid a legal minefield that Arizona now must navigate when the critical provision takes effect. The clause, one of the few significant ones that the high court left standing in a June ruling, requires all Arizona police officers to check the immigration status of people they stop while enforcing other laws and suspect are in the country illegally.

While preserving that requirement, however, the Supreme Court explicitly left the door open to arguments that the law leads to civil rights violations. Attorneys would need actual victims to make that case.

Civil rights activists are preparing to scour the state for such victims. Lydia Guzman, who runs Respect/Respeto, a Phoenix group that tracks racial profiling, said volunteers at the organization's call center have already been told to listen for new complaints when the requirement goes into effect.

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4. Sad Thing about it

You know, us oldsters remember the patriotic films of yore, when the bad guys are always asking "your papers please." Are we devolving into some weird fascist country?