What Does Arizona’s New Immigration Law Mean?
What Does...The new law requires police to determine whether a person is in the United States legally. It also requires immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and requires police to question people if there is reason to suspect they’re in the United States illegally.
Protesters worry that the law will foster racial profiling.
“What is ‘reasonable suspicion?’ ” protester Jose Acosta asked Sunday. “Are we going to get pulled over just because of a broken taillight or because of the color of our skin? … If so, is everybody going to be pulled over?”
Kearny Police Chief Joe Martinez called critics’ concerns unfounded, saying the Arizona law enforcement community includes a large number of Hispanics.
“We’ve never had a policy of racial profiling,” Martinez said Saturday night at a town hall meeting in Casa Grande. “In fact, quite the contrary, it’s been outlawed.”