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Arizona immigration law revised in effort to allay concerns about racial profiling

Gov. Jan Brewer on Friday signed a bill modifying Arizona's controversial new immigration law, saying it will "make it crystal clear and undeniable that racial profiling is illegal."

The governor's signature on House Bill 2162 modifies a measure signed into law by Brewer last week that requires police to inquire about the immigration status of anyone they reasonably suspect to be in the country illegally. Barring a successful legal challenge, the law goes into effect July 29.


HB 2162 bars race from being considered when deciding whether to inquire about a person's status, "except to the extent permitted by the United States or Arizona Constitution."

The bill also clarifies that law-enforcement officers shall inquire about the immigration status only of those they "stop, detain or arrest." The earlier bill simply said "contact." The change is designed to allay fears that officers would have to examine the papers of anyone they spoke to, including crime victims and witnesses.

"These changes specifically answer legal questions raised by some who expressed fears that the original law would somehow allow or lead to racial profiling," Brewer said in a statement.

To date, three lawsuits have been filed against the new immigration law, arguing that it is unconstitutional and will encourage racial profiling.

The changes came a week after Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070, a measure that has polarized residents and reignited the national debate over immigration policy. The law makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally.

HB 2162 also specifies that a law-enforcement officer would be required to determine the immigration status of a person involved in a municipal or county code violation. The change led to speculation that municipal code-enforcement officers might be required to inquire about residents' legal status, which the Governor's Office denied Friday.

"Police officers only," Brewer spokesman Paul Senseman said in an e-mail.

Kris Kobach, a Kansas law professor who helped craft the language in HB 2162, said in an e-mail that only law-enforcement officers certified by the Arizona Police Officer Standards and Training Board would be subject to the requirements.

Cities were still reviewing the new language Friday, and officials largely avoided comment. Ken Strobeck, executive director of the Arizona League of Cities and Towns, said that, in his view, HB 2162 does not represent an expansion or toughening of SB 1070.

Phoenix Police Chief Jack Harris blasted the immigration measures at a news conference Friday, saying they are unenforceable and will result in lawsuits against police officers no matter what they do. SB 1070 allows citizens to sue municipalities and law-enforcement agencies if they "limit or restrict" the enforcement of immigration laws.

Democrats in the state's House of Representatives criticized HB 2162 on Friday for what they called "an incredible broadening of the law," citing the language permitting immigration-status inquiries for city-code violations.

State Rep. Kyrsten Sinema said she fears residents will be deported over barking dogs or overgrown lawns.

"These are not criminal acts - these are minor city issues," said Sinema, D-Phoenix.

Senseman told The Arizona Republic that changes to the law involving municipal ordinances do not represent a broadening of its powers, but merely clarify the original intent of the language.

"What we were always talking about and have always been talking about are things like discharging firearms, alcoholic beverages in the park or speeding in a school zone," he said.

During an interview with Channel 12 (KPNX) on Friday morning, Brewer again spoke out against those who are critical of the legislation.

"There's hysteria out there, and people need to take a breath and see what our laws actually say, read them and understand them," Brewer said. "Our law mirrors federal law. So, why is it bad for Arizona to mirror federal law? No one was crying out in the wilderness about the federal law being wrong or racial profiling. I don't get it. It's spin."



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State Rep. Kyrsten Sinema said she fears residents will be deported over barking dogs or overgrown lawns.

Maybe, but know this, they'll be ILLEGAL residents!

State Rep. Kyrsten Sinema said she fears residents will be deported over barking dogs or overgrown lawns.

If they're here illegally then YES they should be. If they're here legally, showing their valid AZ driver's license should take care of that. So what's the problem?

Originally Posted by miguelina

State Rep. Kyrsten Sinema said she fears residents will be deported over barking dogs or overgrown lawns.

If they're here illegally then YES they should be. If they're here legally, showing their valid AZ driver's license should take care of that. So what's the problem?

I don't get it...

Front page of our AZ news paper is horrable... Left side crap!!!

http://www.azcentral.com/ic/pdf/0502rep ... t-page.pdf

Senator: Put armed volunteers on border
by E. J. Montini - Apr. 13, 2010 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic .

For those of you who were horrified when the border was being patrolled by a ragtag bunch of gun-toting volunteers, watch out for an alternative being proposed by a state legislator who expects it to sail through the Legislature.

It involves the border being patrolled by a ragtag bunch of gun-toting volunteers - funded by taxpayers.

"I think it is going to pass with bipartisan support," said Republican state Sen. Al Melvin of Tucson. "The motivation in this is that I have become really tired of people over the last 20 years pointing their fingers east to Washington and claiming that it is a federal problem. It's also a state problem, and the crux of this legislation is to bring all of our resources to bear to do our part in cooperation with the federal government to improve security on the border."

In House Bill 2162, Melvin utilizes the "strike everything" amendment lawmakers use to file last-minute pieces of legislation to create what he calls a border-security commission for Arizona. According to the legislation, the commission would be charged with recommending to the federal government "the immediate deployment" of military units to the border. It also would ask for an additional 3,000 Border Patrol agents and would "urge the governor to deploy Arizona National Guard units" to the border.

The most interesting part of the legislation, however, orders the distribution of $200,000 in state money "to the Cochise County sheriff's office for border security, including the costs of equipment related to a pilot program to dispatch a volunteer security force to the United States-Mexico border."

Like the much-publicized Minutemen of the past couple of years - only using your money.

I asked Melvin where the volunteers would come from.

"All 15 of our county sheriffs have posses," he said. "I think there are a lot of ways to make this work. And we need to really look at all possibilities. . . . The time could not be more appropriate than right now to get this commission in place. It's sad that it took the death of this rancher. This is something I wanted to do for a very long time, and I think we are going to get it done."

It was one thing to have a group of well-meaning citizens armed with binoculars sitting on lawn chairs and searching the horizon for border crossers.

A volunteer "security force" is a completely different thing.

In the days following the murder of Cochise County rancher Robert Krentz, however, Gov. Jan Brewer appeared on Fox News and said, "I requested the federal government to send 250 more down to support local law enforcement and the Border Patrol we have down there. It is a federal responsibility, and, certainly with the budget Arizona is facing, if we were in fact to send more troops - which I could - we don't have the money to sustain it."

Melvin believes that we do.

After all, in that same Fox interview, Brewer called the situation on the border "out of control." Melvin agrees and believes that if what the governor says is true, then we must find the money to deal with it.

Perhaps in the form of volunteers. Perhaps culled from the many sheriffs' posses.

Given that, is there anyone out there who doesn't expect Sheriff Joe Arpaio to get in on this action?

So, let's review:

Well-armed, well-trained narco warriors and other bad guys are crossing our border. We counter with less-well-armed and less-well-trained citizen volunteers.

"I haven't run across anybody yet who thinks it's a bad idea," Melvin told me.

Reach Montini at 602-444-8978 or ed.montini@arizonarepublic.com.

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State Rep. Kyrsten Sinema said she fears residents will be deported over barking dogs or overgrown lawns.

"These are not criminal acts - these are minor city issues," said Sinema, D-Phoenix.

Another open borders ethno-crat!

They are not being deported because of barking dogs or overgrown lawns! They are being deported because they are in this country illegally! There was a time in this country when being here illegally was enough to get you deported. Increasingly, this is no longer the case with so called leaders like State Rep. Kyrsten Sinema and Napolitano at the helm.

Ethno-crats make these statements to numb the American public to the crime of actually being in this country illegally. They believe the more than can say it, the more people will agree with this rhetoric!

Also...Sarah supports the new Arizona law completely and is out spoken about it calling for a national support "BUYcott" of Arizona to purchase goods, services and vacation destinations from us. That don't sound like AmNasty to me!

Patriot Groups Will Kickoff National Arizona BUYcott at Winning Back America Conference

http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/p ... og-310749/