Proof of Citizenship Required in Scottsdale, AZ

AP reports that suspects in police in Scottsdale, Arizona, a Phoenix suburb, have begun routinely asking for proof of citizenship from every suspect they arrest and turning those who are in this country illegally over to federal immigration officials. The procedure was started after the September killing of a Phoenix police officer an undocumented immigrant. Scottsdale police had arrested ths suspect on a misdemeanor charge 16 months earlier but they released him then because they didn’t know he was undocumented.

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