archer wrote: I understand that....but I am serious when I say you really need to live here, see what goes on in this city and state on a day to day basis, talk to people, read the papers, read the local message boards, listen to the news and yes try to decipher what is true and what is not.....that is how we form opinions, and I think I have done a decent job of sorting through these issues before forming an opinion......I know you think I'm wrong, and that's ok, but also look at the logic involved here, if you are a legal hispanic citizen, and the sheriff is going to be given the authority to stop people on the street if he suspects they are illegal.....well looking hispanic, being hispanic, speaking english with a spanish accent.......can you not understand why some might just up and move rather than deal with it?
My understanding of the law was if law enforcement had stopped you for something else, they are to ask about your legal status, not just randomly stopping people.
