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Tell me how you prove this now if you happen to be driving north on US 77 or US 281 from Mcallen or Brownsville TX? Right now -on both of those roads at points more than 40 miles north of the border - there are permanent US Border Patrol Checkpoints at which EVERY Car is stopped and a US Border Patrol Agent looks inside every vehicle and determines by his intuition and experience which car and which occupants he should further question in his pursuit of undocumented aliens. At the Airport in McAllen TX and Harlingen TX, immediately prior to going thru the TSA checkpoint a US Border Patrol agent determines passengers who he will request proof of citizenship. He's not doing so because he is looking for security threats- that is the TSA's job- he's strictly looking for people who he SUSPECTS with no cause other than his training, to be undocumented aliens.
So what's the difference? Two of them: One officer has a paycheck from the US Government while the police officer in Arizona does not. That and the Arizona police officer according to the state law will have to have some other infraction to trigger them to ask the question while the US agent needs no such trigger other than their experience and their status as a Federal Law enforcement officer. So if you have a problem with the Arizona law I assume that you similarly have major issues with how the the Federal Government enforces the law now.
The only constitutional question I see as at stake is going to be whether a state has the right to enforce federal responsibilities.
So what's the difference? Two of them: One officer has a paycheck from the US Government while the police officer in Arizona does not. That and the Arizona police officer according to the state law will have to have some other infraction to trigger them to ask the question while the US agent needs no such trigger other than their experience and their status as a Federal Law enforcement officer. So if you have a problem with the Arizona law I assume that you similarly have major issues with how the the Federal Government enforces the law now.
The only constitutional question I see as at stake is going to be whether a state has the right to enforce federal responsibilities.
How will I prove I am a valid legal US citizen when I come in contact with the police if I do not have proof of my legal residence on me?
No need to answer, we know what will happen - It will depend on my race.
1. If I am a white, non-accented-English speaking blonde haired US Citizen, I probably will be given the benefit of the doubt by the cop if I have no ID proving my legal residency.
2. If I am a brown-skinned Latino-accented speaking black haired US Citizen, I probably will NOT be given the benefit of the doubt by the cop if I have no ID proving my legal residency.
Notice in both examples they have NOTHING to do with illegal immigrants, but show how this law will open up the door to unequal protection to America Citizens, which is prohibited by the Constitution.
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