>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Please tell me what law(s) on the federal level say a person can be questioned by police on "suspicion" of being an illegal alien.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>A police officer can question anyone they want who they suspect has commited a crime.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>The percentage of Arizona voters in favor of the law makes no difference to me. A similar percentage of the populations of Mississippi
>>>>>>>>>and Arkansas in the early 1960s probably favored segregated schools. One of the roles of the federal government is to hold the rights
>>>>>>>>>of citizens. We do not live by mob rule.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>70% isn't a mob. It's a majority.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Your anology of segragation isn't applicable, as the blacks were American citizens being denied their rights. This is an issue of
>>>>>>>>>people who are NOT citizens, and therefore do not have civil rights. These are two entirely different situations.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Huh ? If you're not a U.S. citizen you don't have civil rights?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Civil rights are those rights afforded to citizens. Wikipedia defines Civil Rights as "Civil and political rights were among the first to be recognized and codified. In many countries, they are constitutional rights and are included in a bill of rights or similar document."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>A person who is not a citizen is not affored protection under the constituion & bill of rights.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Don't confuse this with basic human rights.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I don't think I'm confusing the two. From, presumably, the same Wikipedia page:
>>>>>>"Civil and political rights were among the first to be recognized and codified. In many countries, they are constitutional rights and are included in a bill of rights or similar document. They are also defined in international human rights instruments, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights."
>>>>>
>>>>>Yup basic human rights are the basis for civil rights.
>>>>>
>>>>>But civil rights, freedom from search & siezure, right to free speech, etc, are afforded only to citizens by the constition and Bill of Rights. The right to no be tortured is afforded to everyone by basic human rights
>>>>>
>>>>>This conversation is typical. People think that anyone with a pulse in the US has all rights. It just aint so.
>>>>
>>>>Not *all* rights. Civil rights. Is that not so - I thought the U.S. were signatories to the ICCPR
>>>
>>>A person who sneaks into the US is not affored the same rights as citizens. Voting, running for office, etc. There is a distinction. Civil
>>>rights are those affored by the constitution.
>>
>>To remind you of what prompted my initial response - snip:
>>" This is an issue of people who are NOT citizens, and therefore do not have civil rights."
>
>Ok. You just said the same thing I did. You lost me here.

I didn't say anything. It's what you said. Maybe you meant " This is an issue of people who are NOT citizens, and therefore do not have citizens' rights." ?