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Would the original law have allowed suspected illegal immigrants to be stopped in the street?

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Would the original law have allowed suspected illegal immigrants to be stopped in the street?

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No. The law would only have allowed a person to be questioned about their immigration status where they were already in contact with a law enforcement official, for instance if they had been stopped for a suspected offence, or arrested. It then says “where reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States, a reasonable attempt shall be made, when practicable, to determine the immigration status of the person”. This was one of the sections blocked by the judge. What would suspected illegal immigrants have had to do? Providing an Arizona driving licence, state ID, tribal ID or other form of ID that requires proof of legal presence in the US would have been enough if the law had come into force as written. Does the act allow racial profiling? Defenders of the act say it specifically forbids the targeting of people from ethnic minorities. The text says “a law enforcement official or agency of this state or a county, city, town or other p

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