Aakash
Kurse
Word Count: 355 words
Word Count: 355 words
Supreme Court May
Agree with Arizona’s Anti-Immigration Laws
Last Wednesday the Arizona’s anti-immigration
law went to the Supreme Court to see if it could be passed. Arizona has
passed this law because it is the state with the largest levels of illegal
immigration from Mexico, out of the 2 million Latinos that are currently living
in Mexico, 400,000 are believed to be there illegally. The law has four major
parts to it and they are:
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| The State of Arizona |
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| The Supreme Court |
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A requirement that local police officers check a person's immigration status
while enforcing other laws if "reasonable suspicion" exists that the
person is in the United States illegally.
-- A provision authorizing police to arrest immigrants without warrant where "probable cause" exists that they committed any public offense making them removable from the country.
-- A section making it a state crime for "unauthorized immigrants" to fail to carry registration papers and other government identification.
-- A ban on those not authorized for employment in the United States to apply, solicit or perform work. That would include immigrants standing in a parking lot who "gesture or nod" their willingness to be employed. (According to CNN)
Some of the lawyers for the federal government have reported that the Federal government’s standing anti-immigration law isn’t as good as Arizona’s law, and that Arizona’s case is receiving more support. To quote “Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor told the federal governments' lawyer that key parts of his arguments were "not selling very well."” The federal government is against this new law because it may promote racism (since the only illegal immigrants are from Mexico). The threat of illegal immigration is considered real because it steals jobs from American citizens, and can cause safety problems (some illegal immigrants are members from drug cartels). The threat of job loss and illegal drugs affect the economy and the individual health of citizens of the US. This law may also stop job loss and will definitely reduce the amount of illegal drugs sold in the US.
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-- A provision authorizing police to arrest immigrants without warrant where "probable cause" exists that they committed any public offense making them removable from the country.
-- A section making it a state crime for "unauthorized immigrants" to fail to carry registration papers and other government identification.
-- A ban on those not authorized for employment in the United States to apply, solicit or perform work. That would include immigrants standing in a parking lot who "gesture or nod" their willingness to be employed. (According to CNN)
Some of the lawyers for the federal government have reported that the Federal government’s standing anti-immigration law isn’t as good as Arizona’s law, and that Arizona’s case is receiving more support. To quote “Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor told the federal governments' lawyer that key parts of his arguments were "not selling very well."” The federal government is against this new law because it may promote racism (since the only illegal immigrants are from Mexico). The threat of illegal immigration is considered real because it steals jobs from American citizens, and can cause safety problems (some illegal immigrants are members from drug cartels). The threat of job loss and illegal drugs affect the economy and the individual health of citizens of the US. This law may also stop job loss and will definitely reduce the amount of illegal drugs sold in the US.
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Aakash, this is a great article. There is a great deal of controversy surrounding this issue, so it will be interesting to see how everything pans out.
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