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At least police can still verify the legal status of those they pull over for traffic offense.
I understand why this was upheld owing to the basis on which it was challenged. It will have to go into effect in order to be challenged fully, so I won't argue the merits of the ruling today.
I have a huge problem with this:
That provision, requiring police to conduct immigration checks on individuals they arrest or merely stop for questioning whom they suspect are in the U.S. illegally,
Read more: Arizona immigration ruling: High court strikes down much of Arizona immigration law - POLITICO.com
So my Hispanic looking relatives, who were born here, can be harassed for doing nothing more than looking Hispanic. That's a barnyard substance.