Then PRESSURE the US Gov't to do their job. The last five presidential administrations have failed to do this. I work in law enforcement and to get a response from ICE is like pulling teeth. This is not a State function this is a Federal function. The state of AZ should NOT be paying its officers to enforce immigration laws, the FEDERAL Gov't should.
I don't want illegal aliens in AZ, in fact I want them gone, STOPPED at the BORDER. I don't want agencies with Bigoted intents, e.g. Sheriff Joe and Maricopa County Sheriff's Office to enforce this law because they racial profile, and are under current federal investigation for these abuses.
The law states "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."
SB1070 - 492R - Senate Fact Sheet
Define what makes the person removable, would that be looking latino, speaking with an accent, being in a latino area, speaking spanish?
So, if me, who is latino, who paid over 25k in taxes, who served my country in the military,who was born in Prescott, AZ, whose family was born in Arizona and Texas, walks down the street in a latino part of Phoenix, AZ and chooses to dress in a quamvera and baggy pants, and chooses to speak spanish to each other, not to anyone else, can have a police officer, come up to me an ask me for an ID to prove my citizenship. This is the fear of the latino community. Who then enforces my rights to privacy?
Some will say that if I am here legally I have nothing to worry about, my response is if they were checking every anglo on the street to see if they were here legally, the anglo community would be up in arms.