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Originally Posted by fluffy0000
Ex-homeland chief uncomfortable with Arizona law
Tue Apr 27 2010, API
Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge says he's uncomfortable with Arizona's new immigration law, saying it allows police to question people without probable cause.
In United States criminal law, probable cause is the standard by which a police officer has the authority to make an arrest, conduct a personal or property search, or to obtain a warrant for arrest.
The Fourth Amendment of the United States Consitution:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
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Tom Ridge is incorrect and he obviously didn't read the bill. The bill clearly states that the to question someone, they must have a. Lawful Contact and once A. has been satisfied b. suspicious, without the use of race, of being in the country illegally. He obviously did little to secure the border just as Janet "The system worked" Napolitano did little when she was in Arizona and now.
The fourth amendment has nothing to do with this mirrored federal law Arizona has put on the books. Law enforcement, in any country, must be able to identify a subject that has been
legally stopped.
Try again.
Read the bill. Quote from the bill.
The reason this law hasn't been stomped out is because it is lawful.
To all:
If the US is against illegal immigration then it should amend the constitution and throw out existing law. We are not, so unless someone has a better idea how to remove 30 million illegals, and see no where else to start than this solid Arizona law.
Mind you, it is only a start. But seriously, if we can't have state or federal government simply ask for proof that someone is a citizen, we will never end this problem and the crime this importing of poverty, which breeds crime,
at an unregulated rate the economy will continue to sink the US into oblivion. Yes the tired, hungry and impoverished do have the opportunity to come. That is what America is all about. But not at an unregulated rate and only if you play by the immigration laws. It is only fair to the nation.