Lawsuits have already been filed and time will tell how the courts will rule, but there is good reason to believe that SB1070 could survive the constitutional challenge.
There is an awful lot of high emotion over this and the media is fueling the fire.
There are key differences between the local police and the federal government, those differences are the heart of the reason immigration enforcement should remain a federal responsibility.
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Also tagged Arizona, Ethics, illegal immigration, immigration, law enforcement, leadership, Nine Principles of Policing, police, Principles, racial profiling, racism, Sir Robert Peel
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A moral crisis exists if we are called upon to commit “a social and racial sin” in the performance of our duties. Is that the position that police officers in Arizona will find themselves? What are the principles that should help form our view?
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Also tagged Arizona, Ethics, illegal immigration, immigration, law enforcement, leadership, police, Principles, racial profiling, racism
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