Arizona law aims at doing what federal government won't

Its about time!

"Mexican immigrants aren’t invading America. They’re packing up and going home, thanks largely to the recession. The latest numbers from the Department of Homeland Security, released in February, show the illegal immigrant population in America dropped from 11.6 million in January 2008 to 10.8 million in January 2009. That’s a loss of nearly 7 percent. The last time the illegal population dipped was in the late 1980s...So to the extent that we are in a historic moment for illegal immigration, it’s historic because immigrants are abandoning America in droves."

As supporters of the bill point out, Arizona was a special case among states. Thanks to tough security measures put in place in California and Texas during the 1990s, the Arizona-Mexico border became the favored highway into America. But here, too, the Homeland Security data are remarkable. In 2000, 725,000 people were apprehended illegally crossing the border in Arizona. By 2006, the number of apprehensions had fallen to 510,000. By 2009, it had plummeted to 249,000."

"That number still isn’t close to zero. But the notion that border apprehensions are down nearly two-thirds in the last decade complicates the notion of a “crisis.”"

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-04-29/what-immigrant-crisis/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsC3

If people are not willing to allow better gun control laws to limit criminals access to weapons out of fear of losing 2nd amendment rights, then I am not willing to give up my 4th amendment rights due to illegal immigrants (that are leaving anyway due to lack of work)

What you are missing is the fact that a person no longer has to be committing a crime to be questioned by the police and required to show documentation.

Your wrong there still has to probable cause to stop a person. If there is a car with 8-10 people in it coming from the south there’s a very good chance that they are not locals and should be stopped. Or if a group of people are hanging around the local Home Depot they should be questioned. The ones that don’t run will be legal immigrants.
I feel there should be a National ID card. Then there would be a set standard for the states to follow. Then anyone who doesn’t have it goes to jail, if it’s at home then they pay a fine for not having it on their person. If they don’t have one and are obviously from another country then they should be deported immediately.
When you get a passport you have the option of getting an ID as well. It is only $20.00 more, that is $120 for Passport and ID. This should be the national standard for all Americans. And if a person says that they never will travel outside of America then that person should still have to get the ID
As for racial profiling that is something criminals came up with in an attempt to get out of trouble and enough liberal minded people bought into the idea. The profiling card only works for certain groups of people anyway so it’s not really valid in today’s America.
And there’s the catch all, if a person doesn't agree with Arizona's laws then they can move or vote in the next election, if they are legally registered voters.

As a US citizen of Hispanic descent currently working in AZ, I am concerned that if I get pulled over by some local cop,will he care that I have a GA license or even know what a legit GA license looks like? He could claim it is a fake &so how would I prove differently?

The ultimate sense of security will be when we come to recognize that we are all part of one human race. Our primary allegiance is to the human race and not to one particular color or border.

We may be of one human race but the color of your skin is still a factor in whether you get government assistance. If you are in America legally and are not committing any crimes then why would you worry about being asked for identification and registration because you will not get arrested for being a hispanic or any other nationality it is just because you are A CRIMINAL.