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More conservative posturing. This is totally unenforceable, short of just pulling people over who look Hispanic, which they already tried to do last year but were overruled on Constitutional grounds. The only reason to bring up a bill like this is to be an asshole about advertising how much you hate Mexicans.
The Committee on Federal and State Affairs will consider Republican state Rep. Carl Seels (R) House Bill 2192 that would require people who use public resources to provide proof that they are in the U.S. legally or provide proof of citizenship.
A first offense would be considered a misdemeanor. Second offenses would result in felony charges and possible jail time. Undocumented immigrants who use public roads could also have their cars seized, according to The Huffington Post.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/11/arizona-republican-wants-to-jail-undocumented-immigrants-for-using-public-bathrooms/
raging moderate
(4,314 posts)Another narcissistic paranoid idea that would only hasten the onslaught of the new Dark Ages.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Honest to gosh, some people are so mean-spirited.
phantom power
(25,966 posts)In the unlikely event that this passes, and isn't struck down, I guarantee you that no white people would ever be asked to present their proof of citizenship. It's a mystery! Only people Of A Certain Skin Tone would ever be asked.
If you wanted to kill laws like this deader than a doornail, start pulling random *white* people over while driving to Present Their Papers. Or out of the stall in the public restroom. Kind of like gun laws. I keep hoping that blacks and hispanics start carrying in large numbers, just to see how the GOP tries to spin their inevitable freak-out while trying to sound like they aren't just straight up racists.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)What an ass.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)to bring along and present a notarized copy of their birth certificate to be presented to the guard on duty at each public restroom in the State.
The fact that fucking idiots like this manage to not only get elected but actually get re-elected is pretty damning evidence of the stupidity of their constituents.
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)My bet is that I'm in the majority, so since the AZ nuts apparently believe majority rules without exceptions for individual human rights, let's start building the prisons now.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)alp227
(32,073 posts)Sheesh from "THE TRANSGENDERS WILL RAPE WOMEN IN RESTROOMS" to this they seem to have some kind of sick fetish.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)And that will happen, but not soon enough.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)big bucks on this idea?