Yes, my experience mirrors this. And I remember hearing something about the Prince William County law.
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > Only when crossing the Canadian border. I look too WASP to be > suspicious elsewhere. That said I have seen police in Prince William > County stop people and demand to see immigration papers. BTW PWC > passed a set of laws a couple of years that are the basis for the > Arizona law. I'll have to dig it up, but I remember that one of the > local papers reported that latinos were far more likely to be stopped > bcounty police for immigration checks even though the wingnut who > pushed forward the law claimed it didn't happen. > > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> has anyone ever asked you for your green card, larry? >> >> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> someone like me whether I have my green card on me or now would not >>> get stopped. If I looked latino that's a different matter entirely. >>> Its a matter of racial profiling. But that seems to be perfectly >>> acceptable to some. >>> >>> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Show me your papers >>>> >>>> Done. >>>> >>>> What's so hard about that? >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Sam, >>>>> >>>>> Before I got into CF I was involved in developing computer based >>>>> training for what's now ICE. There is a considerable difference in the >>>>> training of ICE officers and regular police. It also depends on where >>>>> the officers are - i.e., Canadian border vs Mexican border, the NW >>>>> Pacific border region vs. the east coast areas, airports vs border >>>>> crossing etc. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:319022 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
