Passing new laws may make some people feel good because they're "doing something," but we're not going to make any headway against illegal immigration until we have a secure border. The Arizona Senator in the link DJD posted points out himself how much worse Arizona's problem has gotten now that California and El Paso have erected better fences. It doesn't make any difference what the laws are here, people are going to stream across the border until we make it physically impossible, or at least very difficult, for them to do so. And after watching that interview, I'm even more convinced than ever that if the intent of this law is really what its proponents say it is, namely, removing restrictions on police officers from doing their jobs, then it's totally unnecessary in the first place. All it does is tell police officers they have to do their jobs. They already have the authority to check immigration status, where reasonable cause exists. All this law does is tell them to do so. So it's a law that tells law enforcement that they have to enforce the law. Doesn't that seem a little ridiculous? If Phoenix and other cites have "sanctuary policies" in place, where cops are told NOT to enforce the law, then aren't those policies themselves illegal? I mean, they're policies, not laws. Getting rid of THOSE is the answer, not passing new laws.