By Yasser Latif Hamdani
The controversial immigration law - favoured by self styled libertarians- promises to invoke passions that date as far back as the American civil war- the question of the states' right to interpose.
So what does the law say:
The controversial immigration law - favoured by self styled libertarians- promises to invoke passions that date as far back as the American civil war- the question of the states' right to interpose.
So what does the law say:
For any lawful contact made by a law enforcement official or a law enforcement agency…where reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States, a reasonable attempt shall be made, when practicable, to determine the immigration status of the person
Kris Korbach who helped draft this law defines lawful contact in the following terms:
the officer is already engaged in some detention of an individual because he's violated some other law. ... The most likely context where this law would come into play is a traffic stop.
