Editor’s note: Guest blogger Richard Steel is the author of Steel on Immigration Law, published by Thomson Reuters. He practices at Steel, Doebly & Glassman, P.C., in Philadelphia. This post was written before a federal judge’s decision to halt key elements of the Arizona immigration law, before they took effect.
It seems that nothing has galvanized the debate over immigration – illegal and legal – as much as the Arizona statute that, among other matters, enables law enforcement officers to stop and inquire into a person’s immigration status if there is a “reason to believe” that the person is in the United States illegally.
This, and matters relating to immigration in general, raise a whole host of political, economic, social and legal-related issues. Of the numerous issues that are – and will be – raised, the ability to stop a person because of a “reason to believe” that that person is in the United States illegally has sparked debates everywhere. (more…)
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