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Posted by PHXTUSbusfan on Sat May 1 00:35:29 2010 Today, the governor of Arizona signed a law that seemed to "neuter" the controversial Arizona Immigration Law: HB2162http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/adopted/s.2162app.pdf Here is an outline of the changes: H2162 prescribes a few key changes to the new immigration law, clarifying both the definition of lawful contact and guidelines for municipalities, as well as lowering the minimum — not the maximum — fine that can be assessed to cities that have so-called “sanctuary city” policies. It also restructured some of the punitive actions that a court would apply to those charged under the new law. * * * One of the changes to S1070 removes the word “solely” from the description of the new law’s lawful contact, when it comes to race. So, now race, color or ethnicity simply cannot be used as part of reasonable suspicion. * * * The last change outlined in H2162 concerned a phrase that said lawful contact can include an officer’s use of the new immigration law “in the enforcement of any other law or ordinance of a county, city or town or this state.” Source: http://www.publiusnm.org/sb-1070-meet-hb-2162-az-immigration-law-amended/ |
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