Tag: SB1070
Posted on Thu Apr 29, 2010 at 09:08:09 PM EST
Tags: Arizona, SB1070, immigrants rights (all tags)
Two lawsuits challenging SB 1070, the Arizona immigration law, were filed in federal court today.
In one of the suits filed Thursday, a Tucson police officer, Martin Escobar, 45, a 15-year veteran, claims the law, which requires officers “when practicable” to stop and check the legal status of people they reasonably suspect may be illegal immigrants, would compel him to racially profile.
Mr. Escobar argues that the law does not specify what criteria to use in deciding who might be in the country illegally, and that Tucson’s heavily Hispanic population and proximity to the Mexican border would force him to question people based on their ethnicity, exposing him to civil suits.
I've uploaded the complaint here. [More...]
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