Eight States Considering Arizona-Type Immigration Law

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Several state lawmakers are seeking to apply immigration laws similar to that passed by the Arizona Legislature, even as the Obama administration questions the Arizona law’s legitimacy.

At least eight states — Utah, Oklahoma, Ohio, Missouri, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, and Maryland — reportedly are considering legislation similar to the Arizona law, which allows police to determine a person's immigration status following a "lawful stop, detention, or arrest."

"This legislation mirrors federal laws regarding immigration enforcement," Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said when she sign the bill into law. " Despite erroneous and misleading statements suggesting otherwise, the new state misdemeanor crime of willful failure to complete or carry an alien registration document is adopted verbatim from the same offense found in federal statute."

It's because the Arizona law so closely mirrors federal law that I doubt constitutional challenges will be successful. It takes more than liberal outrage to make something unconstitutional.