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Paul, I think you and West need to get your stories straight. This is the duality of the reality of this law.

One side (Paul11) of supporters says "No it isn't racial profiling! Where is that in the law? It says race is not reasonable grounds for suspicion!"

And then the other side (West) says, "Got brown skin? Sorry. Sacrifices need to be made. You look Mexican, then you better have the proper ID, or else."

Politically you can argue the former, but is there any doubt that the reality is more along West's way of thinking?

So the rights I am talking are not about the rights of illegal citizens, but of LEGAL citizens being stepped on. What rights, you ask? The right to not be held to a different standard of identification just because of the color of my skin. Millions of Latino-American people living in the US are Americans. Why should they be held to a different standard than white Americans? West says because they look like illegals from south of the border. That's racial profiling and it's a violation of rights.

Regarding drug and human smuggling, this law does nothing to help prevent that from happening any more than the laws that already exist do. Those are already serious crimes with serious consequences. Reducing the rights of American citizens doesn't make that go away.