Arizona may criminalize presence of illegal immigrants

Well, Arizona may just outdo itself again.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/6893525.html

This year, their prospects have improved. A proposal to draw local police deeper into the fight against illegal immigration has momentum, and even opponents expect the new Republican governor to sign off on the changes.

The proposal would make Arizona the only state to criminalize the presence of illegal immigrants through an expansion of its trespassing law. It also would require police to try to determine people's immigration status when there's reasonable suspicion they are in the country illegally.

An estimate 460,000 undocumented immigrants live in the state.

this is definitely bad news for us here in AZ. In the past, this bill have been vetoed by Napolitano when she was our governor. Now, with a new governor seated, there's no way telling if this bill will be rejected. I'm just hoping it will.

*george lopez voice* I can't do nuuuthin!