The people of Spokane are going to vote - and they will get to decide whether people in the city can be asked about their immigration status after an initial ban on being asked. This means that if this ban is repealed, workers who are illegal immigrants will now be vulnerable to being turned in for being "illegal" to U.S. immigration authorities. This news is actually somewhat surprising to me - I always thought that Washington was more liberal
On the other hand, let's go to New Orleans, Louisiana - where the exact opposite happened. Police will now no longer be profiling those whom they suspect of being "illegal" - go figure. So, in the South, they are helping immigration and in the Pacific Northwest, they may make it easier for illegal immigrants to get caught.
http://www.ibtimes.com/immigration-reform-2016-new-orleans-police-stop-profiling-potential-undocumented-2322052
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/controversial-immigration-initiative-may-go-to-spokane-voters/
On the other hand, let's go to New Orleans, Louisiana - where the exact opposite happened. Police will now no longer be profiling those whom they suspect of being "illegal" - go figure. So, in the South, they are helping immigration and in the Pacific Northwest, they may make it easier for illegal immigrants to get caught.
http://www.ibtimes.com/immigration-reform-2016-new-orleans-police-stop-profiling-potential-undocumented-2322052
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/controversial-immigration-initiative-may-go-to-spokane-voters/
There's a problem with your first link.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to note that they expect the Spokane issue to be overturned by a higher court (again). We will see some more historical examples of this shortly.