The thing is, it isn't "probable cause", it is "reasonable suspicion" which is a much lower legal standard. From a police perspective, a curious looking bulge in someone's pants waistband might be reasonable suspicion that they have a weapon but it isn't probable cause. This law also isn't about just the police. I would still be unhappy if it was limited to just the police but at least the police are trained and deal with things like reasonable suspicion and probable cause. The law, however, explicitly charges every single agent of every single government agency, be it state, city, town, county, what have you, with initiating an immigration investigation if they have reasonable suspicion. That is turning everyone who works for the government into an immigration police force without any training at all.
Judah On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Kris Sisk <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm no lawyer, so I could be off here, but doesn't 'suspect' in a legal sense > imply that an officer has some reasonable cause for said suspicion? IE, "He > looks Mexican" isn't probable cause, but "He either can't or refuses to speak > English" might be. > > And yes, I realize that in the real world many cops would take it too far and > harrass people they wouldn't. I'm thinking more of trying to get a grip on > what was going through the lawmakers heads. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:316892 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
