oh and I forgot the really important point here: I am caucasian with blue/grey eyes and sandy blonde hair. I am willing to bet that if it had been me driving that truck they would not have asked me there either.
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > yes, and let me tell you how the law is enforced. I have NEVER ONCE > been asked for mine, unless I am talking to HR at a new job. Even at > an immigration checkpoint. I used to follow that law religiously until > my purse got stolen and it took eight years and a thousand dollars -- > the fee for the card and all the fees for the temporary 1-year cards > -- to get a new copy because INS would not accept a change of address. > > These days I leave it at home. Somebody send the men in black, for I > clearly am a menace to society ;) > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 3:54 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 and Australia, too. >> >> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> And one more other point, if you are a lawful immigrant, you are >>> required to carry your papers at all times so that a police officer >>> can check your immigrant status. From the legislative summary as >>> transmitted to the Governor: >>> >>> Specifies that in addition to any violation of federal law, a person >>> is guilty of willful failure to complete or carry an alien >>> registration document if the person is in violation of 8 U.S.C. § >>> 1304(e) or 1306(a). >>> >>> Isn't that so positively American? >>> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:316698 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
