Arizona Senate Bill 1070
Provisions -Requires a reasonable attempt to be made to determine the immigration status of a person during any legitimate contact made by an official or agency of the state or a county, city, town or political subdivision if reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the U.S -Allows a law enforcement officer, without a warrant, to arrest a person if the officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed any public offense that makes the person removable from the U.S -Requires the person’s immigration status to be verified with the federal government pursuant to federal law.
Senator Pearce(bill sponsor) WHY IT WAS IMPLEMENTED -Illegal aliens place an extreme economic burden on schools and medical care; costing tax payers millions of dollars. -Presumed loss of jobs Senator Pearce(bill sponsor) -Estimated 500,000 illegal aliens in Arizona and their alleged ties to crime
-Statistical studies state that the highest increases in immigration was between 1999 and 2000 -Interestingly, during this same period there was also the largest drop in homicides and robberies -Racial profiling
-KEY DEMOCRATIC LEADERS ALTERNATIVES -KEY DEMOCRATIC LEADERS -STRICTER PENALTIES TO THOSE WHO EMPLOY ILLEGAL ALIENS CREATION OF A FRUAD-PROOF SOCIAL SECURITY CARD -President Obama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JdyhbVlErQ
References http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/summary/s.1070pshs.doc.htm Small, J. (2011) Immigration Frustration State Legislators Vol. 37 Issue 3, p20-21, 2p (online) Available: http://0-web.ebscohost.com.iii.sonoma.edu/ehost/detail?vid=2&hid=127&sid=65d2cf1e-073a-4510-b0cf-6a84995584ad%40sessionmgr11&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=aph&AN=59531768 Reynolds, S. (2010). Tell Arizona’s Governor to Veto SB1070! Human Rights Now (online) Available: http://blog.amnestyusa.org/us/tell-arizonas-governor-to-veto-sb1070/ (April 6th, 2011)