Richard Place: “No. Law officers are sworn to uphold the law and enforce it. Is if profiling because you’re born in the United States and required to carry a driver’s license? When a driver is asked for his drivers license, that’s not profiling it’s enforcing the law. If the Federal Government fails to follow up on its responsibility, which was given by the States to the Federal Government, then they must assume the responsibility. Someone has to stop the terrorists from coming across the border.”
Marty Richman: “It depends on whether the police follow the rules defined by the courts – “reasonable suspicion” is like “probable cause” it’s often in the eye of the beholder.”
Ruth Erickson: “If any person who is stopped by law enforcement is here legally, holds a form of official identification and has not broken the law, it is not racial profiling! Arizona and other border states are forced to make their own immigration laws because the federal government needs to take the responsibility to follow its own laws and control the borders of this country.”
Nants Foley: “I just had to provide proof of citizenship in an employment situation. If someone has been detained by the police, why shouldn’t the police check it out? I was in Mexico a few years back and the police pulled me over and took my cash! They didn’t bother to ask my residency status…”
Louise Ledesma: “Yes, yes!! This Arizona law is racial profiling against persons of Mexican descent. How would police know is the person was illegal or has their legal papers? There have been cases of minors spending time in jail because they didn’t have papers with them. What about the illegal people from other parts of the world? Also, What constitutes a “lawful” stop or arrest?”
Steve Staloch: “Yes. Empowering law enforcement with such an arbitrary and capricious power would appear blatantly unconstitutional; however, submitting proof of citizenship should be required of anyone who is stopped for any lawful reason, regardless of suspected nationality or immigration status.”
