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05-04-2010, 08:53 PM

From part 5 of the bill: Text of Arizona’s Anti-Illegal Immigration Law – Part 5 | KEYTLaw

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1-501. Eligibility for federal public benefits; documentation; violation; classification; citizen suits; attorney fees; definition

A. Notwithstanding any other state law and to the extent permitted by federal law, any natural person who applies for a federal public benefit that is administered by this state or a political subdivision of this state and that requires participants to be citizens of the United States, legal residents of the United States or otherwise lawfully present in the United States shall submit at least one of the following documents to the entity that administers the federal public benefit demonstrating lawful presence in the United States:

1. An Arizona driver license issued after 1996 or an Arizona nonoperating identification license.
2. A birth certificate or delayed birth certificate issued in any state, territory or possession of the United States.
3. A United States certificate of birth abroad.
4. A United States passport.
5. A foreign passport with a United States visa.
6. An I-94 form with a photograph.
7. A United States citizenship and immigration services employment authorization document or refugee travel document.
8. A United States certificate of naturalization.
9. A United States certificate of citizenship.
10. A tribal certificate of Indian blood.
11. A tribal or bureau of Indian affairs affidavit of birth.
Here's how I see it. Either they are going to need to ask EVERYONE for proof when applying for such benefits (or some random subset), or they are going to engage in (racial) profiling. I don't see any other option. clintjm, do you? Can you explain to me a third option of how this would be enforced?

This to me is the issue with the law. I think that most people in Arizona that are in favor of this law thinks it applies to "those other people". I think they if they really applied it "fairly" -- that is, ask everyone, I think support will drop quickly.
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