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Most states do not allow illegal immigrants to get a drivers license. Arizona is one of those states, so if you have a drivers license you can easily identify yourself as a citizen.
This law is a RENDUNDANT law, namely it's law that tells the state of Arizona, "Yes, we will enforce current FEDERAL immigration policy."
Speaking with friends from Arizona, they're quite happy with this law. With 500,000+ illegal immigrants using state healthcare, schooling, and even welfare dollars, they're hurting.
The state of Arizona has been begging the Federeal government for YEARS to enforce immigration, crack down on the flood of illegals, and get this problem under control.
Why is it a bad thing for the state to take the initiative and finally say, "Fine, when we pull over someone who is speeding, and they can't provide a drivers license and they barely speak english, and they're acting really nervous, let's go ahead and ask them to provide a green card (which if they're a LEGAL immigrant on a work visa, they're required BY FEDERAL LAW to carry anyway).
The ONLY people who have ANYTHING to fear from this law are the illegal immigrants and those companies knowingly employing illegals. Illegal immigrants, BEGING ILLEGAL, they have limited "rights" when it comes to the law in the country anyway so they CERTAINLY should not have ANY influence on what laws our LEGAL citizens pass. The companies that knowingly employing those people are afraid of losing a workforce they can easily exploit.
This law PROTECTS immigrants by helping ensure LEGAL immigrants have available to them jobs where they can report abuses, and reduces the prospect of employers with 'questionable intent' from having such an extensive exploitable workforce.
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