On April 23rd, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed Bill SB1070, which gives police officers right to question and search people if there is any reason to suspect that they're in this country without papers. This bill, in my opinion, clearly fosters racial profiling and racial discrimination.
This bill allows any officers to question anyone who "looks" undocumented. If you are a US born Latino who happens to be just walking on a street, you would be asked to show some kind of identification (driver's license, passport, or birth certificate). No papers? You are sent to jail.
What about undocumented students currently enrolled in University of Arizona or Arizona State University? Police officers can come to their campus and simply take these students to jail if they can't provide them with any papers. These are college students who just want to learn! Oh, and they pay out-of state-tuition/international tuition, which amounts to $22,000 annually (Thanks collegboard.com).
Here's the link to the full context of Bill SB1070
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1070s.pdf
Also, I think Rachel Maddow does a better job of explaining this bill than I do so here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w10-AMmXfSg
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