Arizona Immigration Law

[Halon]

Screw California. Let em live in the dark.

As for the actual law, I'm 2-sided on it simply because I lived in AZ and have seen the negative effects of illegal immigration, but have also been close to good families that have a person that is there illegally. My ex-g/f's father is a hard working man who picks cabbage in San Luis. He is a kind man, who doesn't have much but provides for his wife and 2 daughters as best he can, and doesn't cause drama. Although yes I agree it's wrong he came here illegally, I can forsee the detriment it would cause to that family and him if he got taken away after living here for so long.

I personally think that law enforcement won't use this new law in the way that places like California think. I see it as a tool that is in their back pocket to use now, when appropriate. I don't think every Mexican is going to get constantly questioned all the time now. I guess I see it as a tool, just like how cops pull people over for a "probable cause" violation when they suspect someone is driving drunk. They can't pull you over just for suspecting you're drunk, they have to have a lawful reason to pull you over like a marker light burnt out or something. Doesn't mean they pull everyone over just because you have a marker light out, but the law is there for them to use it if they need to.
If there's a bunch of gangbanger guys that are always in the yard, scaring the neighbors and the police suspect they are illegal and suspect foul play, but the police can never pin anything down on them making it so their hands are tied. Well hey now they have a "tool" that allows them to approach and question them now. Doesn't mean that any mexican just out moving his sprinklers are going to be questioned (I hope).

If they use this new law to start constantly harrassing anyone who looks mexican, well then I don't think that is a good thing. If they just use it as a tool and use it wisely to help clean things up, then I do think it will help.

Just my 2 cents.