Immigration
Aug. 4, 2010
Manzanar Revisited
Arizona's SB 1070 is reminiscent of Manzanar, where American citizens of Japanese descent were detained based on their appearance and background during WWII.
Konrad Moore
Public Defender Kern County Public Defender's Office
The distinguishing characteristic of Arizona's divisive immigration law is the legalized detention of persons on the basis of skin color and language. Of course, the text of Senate Bill 1070 is crafted in reliably neutral and established legal terms, including "reasonable" and "practicable."
As a result, Arizona Revised Statutes, Section 11-1051(b) provides in part that, "where reasonable suspicion exists that [a] person is an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States,...
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