The Immigration Problem

The new law Arizona passed on April 23, 2010 and signed by Governor Jan Brewer is the harshest legislature against illegal immigration that the Unites States has seen throughout its history. The law gives the power to police in this state to question anyone if there is a ‘reasonable suspicion’ that the individual is an illegal immigrant. The Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhood Act passed by Arizona sets the stage for conflict in the United States.
The law gives state police the ability to ask anyone who looks suspicions for their papers. But, the reality is that this may increase the racial conflicts that this country is already facing. “If you live in Arizona and look like you're from Mexico, El Salvador or Guatemala, you're a suspect who must prove your citizenship or legal status.” This is very intimidating for the whole Hispanic/Latino community. One thing that this legislation has guarantee is placing the topic of immigration back on the national agenda.
Perhaps, the new Arizona law is not national government legislature but it set the stage for one question: Is this new law violating our constitutional rights guarantee by the national government? First, it would be violating our fourth amendment. This amendment protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures. In my opinion what Arizona is doing is consider is an unreasonable search because it has no evidence whether a person is an illegal immigrant or not. Not just because a person has dark eyes and hair or looks like a Mexican mean that he or she does not have a social security number. Since the Fourteen Amendment protects us from state government to take our right given by the Constitution, Arizona shouldn’t have the right to ask for our papers. Arizona is correct in asking the national government to act on the issue of immigration, but the “round-them-up-and-send-them-back approach won't work.”