1. Show Me Your Papers.
- Author
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Keller, Bill
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IMMIGRATION law , *UNDOCUMENTED immigrants , *PRESIDENTIAL elections - Abstract
THE Arizona law requiring police to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally -- a statute tentatively blessed last week by the Supreme Court -- is an invitation to abuse. It is all too likely to be used, as the court itself seemed to fear, to intimidate and demean people with the wrong accent or skin tone, thus delivering a get-out-the-humiliated-Hispanic-vote bonus to President Obama. The less likely alternative is that it will be applied more like the random T.S.A. searches at airports, thus infuriating Arizonans across the board. While we wait for this to play out, let's turn our attention to another aspect of the so-called ''show me your papers'' law: Show me WHAT papers? What documents are you supposed to have always on hand to convince police that you are legit? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2012