re: #32 Dark_Falcon

According to CNN, the AZ Legislature is amending the law:

Group plans protests for immigrants’ rights as immigration law changes

Here’s the money part of the CNN article:

Brewer signed the law last week, and the legislature changed some language in it Thursday night in an attempt to make it less ambiguous as to how and when people can be questioned about their residency.

Brewer signed the changes into law Friday, saying they will ease concerns about racial profiling.

According to the bill the governor signed April 23, police would be able to detain an individual based merely on the suspicion that he or she entered the country illegally. A change that legislators approved Thursday night, however, says police could check on residency status only while enforcing some other law or ordinance. An officer could ask about an immigrant’s status, for example, while investigating that person for speeding, loitering or some other offense.

In addition, the law says Arizona’s attorney general or a county attorney cannot investigate complaints based “solely” on factors such as a person’s race, color or national origin. The changes that legislators approved Thursday night would remove the word “solely,” to emphasize that prosecutors must have some reason other than an individual’s race or national origin to investigate.

These are good changes, IMO.