Ah, thanks for clarifying that Jerry, I was unaware of that bit of federal law. I'm against all provisions of these sorts. If you are committing a crime that a police officer can detect and arrest you for, then you should go to jail. If you cannot prove your identity when arrested, you should have to wait in jail until you can prove your identity. I do not think that US Citizens or those here legally should be required to carry identity papers on them.
If I'm walking down the street and a cop wants to talk to me, fine. If I feel like it, I'll talk back. If they believe I'm doing something wrong, they can arrest me. Short of that, my identity is none of their business. The same should go for everyone else. Judah On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > That already IS the Federal Law, and has been for many years. > > 8 U.S.C. § 1304(e) > > (e) Personal possession of registration or receipt card; penalties > Every alien, eighteen years of age and over, shall at all times > carry with him and have in his personal possession any certificate > of alien registration or alien registration receipt card issued to > him pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. Any alien who fails > to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of > a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction for each offense be fined > not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or > both. > > > http://law.onecle.com/uscode/8/1304.html > > The only change is that Arizona ALSO is making it a state misdemeanor, > allowing AZ to prosecute if the Federal government declines. (A Federal > charge would take precedence over a state charge for the same offense) > > So, the requirement for aliens to carry their registration card is already > the law. And, guess what? It is the law in Canada and Mexico, and Britain > and France a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316688 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
