arizona: It is the same as the National Law on Immigration. The only difference is Arizona intends to enforce it.|||I mostly see the media and politicians complaining. Eric Holder hasn't even read the law. Most politicians and the media probably haven't read the law, but they have assumed that the law is unfair.|||The worst part about Holder complaining is that the law is only like 8 pages. Shouldn't be much for the nation's top lawyer to read if the Govt expects the average citizen to read a 1,000+ page healthcare bill in the few days it was put online prior to voting. Report Abuse |||cant agree more, this state law reflects from federal law, so why are they fussing. and if they do things "legally" why worry in the first place. Report Abuse |||No, it is not the same as the federal law. Nowhere in federal law does it mandate that law enforcement MUST require proof of citizenship from anyone they stop or are in contact with for some kind of civil matter (barking dog, loud party, etc.) Federal law requires noncitizens to carry documents but does not empower police officers to stop anyone they choose and demand to see papers. The Supreme Court has consistently ruled that states cannot make their own immigration laws. Also, in my opinion, it bypasses Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.|||EXACTLY! i'm so glad someone said something, some people are getting so ridiculous!! like that high school basketball team, or the protesters at wrigley when the diamond backs came.. FRUSTRATES ME|||That's what i wonder. We've never been a free country although we like to believe we treat people well. There's no freedom in America from the beginning of it's history with the native Americans, Africans, till today poking at Hispanics. Only in America, yet we talk about freedom.|||Because people can't read or just believe what the news has told them.|||It is not the same as the national law. It adds an element that should be offensive to every American. Namely, probable cause to stop and detain someone.|||I must have missed the federal law that says the authorities can demand someone's papers based solely on some elusive "reasonable suspicion" that they are in the country illegally.