If you are walking down the street, dumb ass, you are not going to be stopped and asked for ID. You must break a law first. That is the way it has always been in the USA, Arizona has made sure their law follows that procedure, otherwise it would be unconstitutional.
“If you are walking down the street, dumb ass, you are not going to be stopped and asked for ID. You must break a law first.”
But anyone walking down the street who police believe is an illegal immigrant actually CAN be stopped by AZ police, dumb ass. That’s exactly what is causing the controversy.
“The law makes it a crime to be present in the state without legal immigration status, and authorizes local and state law enforcement authorities — including the campus police, Ms. Fuller notes — to question those they suspect to be illegal immigrants and ask that they produce verification of their status.”
http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/arizona/