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Peter Berlin Discusses the Arizona Immigration Bill With La Opinion Newspaper

Friday, April 30th, 2010

April 30, 2010, – Pilar Marrero – La Opinion

La gran discusión nacional en torno a la ley ha enfrentado a quienes argumentan que la cláusula que establece "un contacto legal" entre policía y cualquier persona, que requiere o permite a ese policía revisar el estatus migratorio del individuo, daría paso al uso del perfil racial y quienes afirman que no sería así.

Peter Berlin, abogado defensor en Los Ángeles, indica que técnicamente la ley de Arizona tiene un lenguaje tan vago que ofrece numerosas oportunidades a los policías para pedir papeles una vez que entran en contacto con cualquier persona, por cualquier razón.

"Me temo que donde haya policías con la intención de arrestar a la mayor cantidad de personas posibles, veremos muchas razones de ‘sospecha razonable’ y de ‘contacto legal’.Por ejemplo, alguien que cruza la calle por un lugar prohibido puede ser detenido y que se le pidan sus papeles. Hace años, antes que los tribunales lo detuvieran, había policías que separaban frente a los bares para buscar cualquier falla en las personas que salían o ver si se montaban en vehículos. Lo mismo podría ocurrir aquí", dijo Berlin.

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Consequences of Arizona’s Immigration Bill

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Police often manufacture "reasonable suspicion" orcuffs "probable cause" when they believe  (but cant prove or establish) that some sort of crime may have been committed. Take Driving Under the Influence, for example. Officers routinely create reports with buzz words such as “weaving” or “straddling” lanes of the highway to justify a stop and then question the driver for DUI. Often, there is no violation at all but those words and observations are good enough to stand up in court as a legitimate stop and, ultimately, a DUI charge.

Similarly, the Arizona bill creates bogus conduct and so called "reasonable suspicion" for police who merely want to check someone’s legal status. This will be based on trivial violations such as loitering or jaywalking as a basis to stop and detain the individuals law enforcement ultimately want.

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