Stop and notify ICE, Alberta arrests illegal immigrants

Stop and inspect, notify ICE, and Alberta arrests illegal immigrants (Alberta Times) In the SB1070 Immigration Act, the provision that the police can stop and examine suspected illegal immigrants was recently...

(Alberta Times)

In the SB1070 Immigration Act, the provision that the police can stop and examine suspected illegal immigrants was retained by the Federal Supreme Court ruling. The first case of cooperation in which the police notified federal agents to arrest illegal immigrants has appeared. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested two illegal immigrant suspects who were stopped by local police on the evening of the 1st. Maricopa County Sheriff Arpaio said the two suspects were discovered by the department's anti-human smuggling team during a traffic stop. In its ruling on June 25, the Supreme Court overturned most provisions of the immigration law, but retained the most controversial provision of the law, which allows the police to stop and check the status of immigrants if there is reasonable suspicion. However, the Department of Homeland Security soon announced that USICE agents would only respond to police reports that met very specific criteria. Human smuggling is considered a felony in this state, and one of the suspects arrested by USICE on the 1st was an unaccompanied 16-year-old teenager. Arpaio said cases of child smuggling are increasing day by day. Arpaio expects that after the Supreme Court’s ruling, such cases will continue to receive cooperation from USICE, but requests for assistance in other types of cases may no longer receive federal responses. However, Arpaio is still pleased, saying, "At least the federal government recognizes that the bureau's police officers are qualified to investigate certain questions and determine immigration status without racial profiling."