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A Resolution Urging Repeal of Arizona Senate Bill 1070 as amended by House Bill 2162, "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods" Act
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Whereas, The City Council of the City of Ann Arbor hereby finds, determines and declares as follows:
a) On April 23, 2010, the Arizona Governor signed Arizona Senate Bill 1070 as amended by House Bill 2162 (Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act), requiring all local law enforcement to investigate a person’s immigration status when there is a reasonable suspicion that the person is in the Country unlawfully, regardless of whether that person is suspected of a crime; and
b) Arizona’s law permits the arrest of a person by local law enforcement, without a warrant, if there is suspicion that the person is not in the United States legally; and
c) This law does not prohibit law enforcement officers from solely relying on factors such as race, ethnicity, national origin or language to determine who to investigate; and
d) This law encourages racial profiling and may violate Fourteenth Amendment guarantees of due process and equal protection for U.S. citizens, legal residents and visitors who are detained for suspicion of being in the Country unlawfully; and
e) This law may have a chilling effect on victims and witnesses, regardless of legal status, choosing to forego reporting crime or testifying to a crime to prevent immigration-related interrogation, discriminatory treatment and arrest; and
f) Accordingly, this law may severely undermine law enforcement’s ability to effectively maintain public safety resulting in increased crime; and
g) The stated purpose of this law attempts to usurp functions specifically and solely traditionally reserved for federal authorities. As a result, many legal scholars, including the Obama administration itself, have questioned the constitutionality of the law in that it may violate the U.S. Constitution, and undermines the exclusive power over immigration matters g...
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