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Immigrant rights groups have already said it effectively mandates racial profiling. what the bill does is require police officers to establish upon a reasonable suspicion whether someone is here illegally. reasonable suspicion in this instance obviously means ethnic features, racial features, of the hispanic community, of the native american community in arizona. look, john to my left, blond as he might be or white haired as he might be does not have a big c on his forehead for citizen. neither does anyone else in arizona. so the only way to establish reasonable suspicion is ethnicity. and the only way to discharge reasonable suspicion is to carry papers, carry citizenship documents in the state of arizona. so, mr. gutierrez, let me interrupt. senator cavanaugh, an opponent this of bill and advocate for immigrants rights groups to use his language says this is an economic train wreck saying arizona s economic recovery would lag behind the country if ....
Idea? what do you propose your former colleagues do about illegal immigration? this is a hot topic. immigration is a federal issue that has to be resolved federally. what this bill does is targets specifically the hispanic community. the reasonable suspicion that mr. cavanaugh talks about is for crimes. this is not for a crime act. this is for the status of being undocumented and the only way you can determine the status is to ask for papers. and so everyone in arizona will be required to carry certain documentation. this is a civil libertarian s nightmare. illegal immigration is already a federal crime and now it s a state crime. so i don t see a problem with the police going after criminals. this is look. being undocumented in this country allows is a misdemeanor and one is in violation of certain laws. ....
Unclaimed money. that s about 1.4 million taxpayers who didn t file that year even though they were owed refunds. you have to file by tomorrow or you lose your shot at your own money. the buzzer can wait. you lose your shot at your own money. that brings us down to the wire. other news right now including the arizona legislature has approved the toughest illegal immigration bill in the nation. it directs local police to determine whether or not people are in the country legally. police unions back the new rules but the state police chief s association opposes the bill claiming it could harm the trust they ve established with immigrants who could be potential witnesses. immigrants rights groups say that the law will turn arizona into a police state. here to talk about the impact of the new legislation is republican state senator john cavanaugh and democratic former state senator alfredo gutierrez. i ll begin with you. what is your primary concern with this bill as it stands? ....