That is not quite correct. If I am stopped by the police, I need to provide identification that says who I am. I do not need to provide proof of citizenship, except in Arizona.


>A good example of the media not doing a good job of notifying the public of the law. The law was changed already. Papers or proof of legal residence in the U.S. can only be asked for if the person is involved in a crime or part of a criminal investigation. However, if go to any of the websites for hispanic support, they all declare the law as profiling or discrimmination without any specifics as to why or how or even the law itself. If you or I are stopped for suspicion of a crime or investigated as part of a crime we have to provide identification as well. I do not see anything discrimmatory about it. The only way it could be discrimminatory is if officers choose to disregard the law and stop for no reason at all. That is an issue for an investigation into police procedures and happens now and then due to profiling as well and should be handled as such.