Attorney General Eric Holder stated in the article at cnn.com, that he intends to file a lawsuit against Arizona's Immigration Law. Arizona as with many other states have been experiencing the wrath of fed up Mexicans running from the poverty stricken lifestyles of Mexico. The immigrants have come to the U.S. to find a better way of life but faces an even bigger problem of no being able to find jobs due to their illegal status'. With this they have turned to crime for survival and have upset the state of Arizona. The U.S. have always protected its citizens from crime and intend to continue doing so.
The state of Arizona feel that in order to alleviate the amount of crime conducted by the immigrants a law has to be put in place. With this law, officers are allowed to I.D. anyone they suspect to be illegal immigrants. We all know that in order to do that, an individual would have to have some characteristics of a Mexican. Otherwise they would have to commit a crime. Committing a crime or doing something illegal is the one sure way to find out if they are legal or not.
I must admit that I feel a bit mugwomped, because the the law is actually needed but it also can be considered a form of harassment. The idea was to allow officers of the law to I.D. anyone they suspected to be in the states illegally. The problem with this idea is that it may lead to racial profiling because if an individual is innocently acting they may have to face an officer asking for identification due to their apparent resemblance of one with Mexican decent but immigrants also know that is illegal to reside in America without citizenship. However there are ways to go about it than the law implemented. As stated by many, "this is and can be an act of civil rights's violation." The attorney's actions on filing suit is well within reason for I too feel that racial profiling is imminent.
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