June 25, 2012

United States Supreme Court on the four sections of Arizona illegal immigration law:

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United States Supreme Court on the four sections of Arizona illegal immigration law:

1. YES – Portion of Section 2 of S.B. 1070, codified as A.R.S. § 11-1051(B): requiring that an officer make a reasonable attempt to determine the immigration status of a person stopped, detained or arrested if there is a reasonable suspicion that the person is unlawfully present in the United States, and requiring verification of the immigration status of any person arrested prior to releasing that person ( Ga. law only allows, not requires, police to check imm status when investigating violation of state or federal law)

2 NO Section 3 of S.B. 1070, codified as A.R.S. § 13-1509: creating a crime for the failure to apply for or carry alien registration papers (not contained in Ga law HB 87)

3. NO Portion of Section 5 of S.B. 1070, codified as A.R.S. § 13-2928(C): creating a crime for an unauthorized alien to solicit, apply for, or perform work (not in Ga law)

4. NO Section 6 of S.B. 1070, codified as A.R.S. § 13-3883(A)(5): authorizing the warrantless arrest of a person where there is probable cause to believe the person has committed a public offense that makes the person removable from the United States (not in Ga law)

Ga. law HERE.