Now police can ask for immigration papers under SB 1070 in Arizona
After two years of long debate, SB 1070 has been finally approved by the Supreme Court. Now the police have rights to stop the immigrants whenever they want and ask them to show to the immigration documents to check the immigration status of the immigrants.
The law gives police the power to inquire about immigration status during stops if they suspect a person is in the country without authorization.
The move leads to state-wide protests by civil rights groups alleging systematic racial discrimination.
The SB 1070 is also called show me your papers law. This will scare all the illegal immigrants. They have to carry all the immigration documents along with them because they don't know when they will ask to show the immigration documents.
Civil rights groups have tried to slow the enactment of SB 1070, claiming that it will cause irreparable harm to minority groups, including Latinos. But despite a last-ditch plea to a federal appeals court, police will begin enforcing the law immediately.
After the ruling was announced by the court, the activists took to streets in big numbers.
They could be seen holding placards in their hands and shouting ‘No papers, no fears!' as they took to protest against the much hyped Arizona immigration law outside a USICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) building
Documents needed to prove your status in Arizona--As per Arizona immigration law, the documents showing proof of US citizenship are restricted to a valid Arizona non-operating identification license, any identification issued by either a valid federal states or a local government (in case the issuers need a proof of his or her legal presence in the US), valid driver's license in Arizona, or a valid tribal identification including a tribal enrollment card.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said that I've never claimed that SB 1070 would cure Arizona's problems with illegal immigration; only the federal government has the resources and responsibility necessary to achieve that. What SB 1070 does represent is one more tool that our officers can use in collaborating with federal authorities to reduce the crime and other impacts associated with illegal immigration in our communities.
Immigrants, especially undocumented ones, are being educated through a campaign to remain silent with regard to their place of birth.
They are being guided through an education campaign to provide just their name and their date of birth in case they are stopped by police officials in Arizona. And undocumented immigrants must never carry with them the documents showing their place of birth, the campaign warns.
The law gives police the power to inquire about immigration status during stops if they suspect a person is in the country without authorization.
The move leads to state-wide protests by civil rights groups alleging systematic racial discrimination.
The SB 1070 is also called show me your papers law. This will scare all the illegal immigrants. They have to carry all the immigration documents along with them because they don't know when they will ask to show the immigration documents.
Civil rights groups have tried to slow the enactment of SB 1070, claiming that it will cause irreparable harm to minority groups, including Latinos. But despite a last-ditch plea to a federal appeals court, police will begin enforcing the law immediately.
After the ruling was announced by the court, the activists took to streets in big numbers.
They could be seen holding placards in their hands and shouting ‘No papers, no fears!' as they took to protest against the much hyped Arizona immigration law outside a USICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) building
Documents needed to prove your status in Arizona--As per Arizona immigration law, the documents showing proof of US citizenship are restricted to a valid Arizona non-operating identification license, any identification issued by either a valid federal states or a local government (in case the issuers need a proof of his or her legal presence in the US), valid driver's license in Arizona, or a valid tribal identification including a tribal enrollment card.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said that I've never claimed that SB 1070 would cure Arizona's problems with illegal immigration; only the federal government has the resources and responsibility necessary to achieve that. What SB 1070 does represent is one more tool that our officers can use in collaborating with federal authorities to reduce the crime and other impacts associated with illegal immigration in our communities.
Immigrants, especially undocumented ones, are being educated through a campaign to remain silent with regard to their place of birth.
They are being guided through an education campaign to provide just their name and their date of birth in case they are stopped by police officials in Arizona. And undocumented immigrants must never carry with them the documents showing their place of birth, the campaign warns.
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