Originally Posted By: stlhead
No impact on the rate of crime? absolutely. Well it would probably raise it. Crime rates are based upon a percentage of the population. I'm willing to bet the rate of crime amongst illegals is much lowr than among legals.


I would hope that to be the case, but the actions taken in AZ seem to suggest differently.

From my own experience, most illegals seem to obey the law more than the average American citizen out of fear of being deported.

Bottom line, I don't think profiling is a good solution but the federal action on immigration has been pretty weak, possibly forcing AZ to initiate federal attention to this issue by implementing this law.