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Thread #129116   Message #2897699
Posted By: artbrooks
30-Apr-10 - 09:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'Your papers, please' - for US citizens?
Subject: RE: BS: 'Your papers, please' - for US citizens?
Doug, I have read both SB 1070 and HB 2162, in detail, on the official site. My opinion that this law violates our Constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure is unchanged. Saying that a police officer did not have "probable cause" after a person has already been locked up for not having proper ID is unacceptable. Today's change includes the lovely concept that lawful contact can include an officer's use of the new immigration law "in the enforcement of any other law or ordinance of a county, city or town or this state." Taking this to an extreme, I'd imagine this could include immigration checks based upon overdue library books.