Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers

dcblogs writes "H-1B workers and foreign students may think twice about attending school or working in Arizona as a result of the state's new immigration law. If a police officer has a 'reasonable suspicion' about the immigration status of someone, the officer may ask to see proof of legal status. Federal immigration law requires all non-US citizens, including H-1B workers, to carry documentation, but 'no state until Arizona has made it a crime to not have that paperwork on your person,' said immigration lawyer Sarah Hawk. It means that an H-1B holder risks detention every time they make a 7-11 run if they don't have their papers, or if their paperwork is out of date because US immigration authorities are behind in processing (which condition does not make them illegal). The potential tech backlash over the law may have begun yesterday with a call by San Francisco City Atty. Dennis Herrera 'to adopt and implement a sweeping boycott of the State of Arizona and Arizona-based businesses.'"

Comments

Re:Quite reasonable

[JoshuaZ]

And today we see the tendency for people with mod points to not understand sarcasm. And apparently also an inability to look at links given or even the beginning of the URL. I'd mod you up as a funny or maybe even insightful if I had mod points but I don't have any more. Sigh.

Re:You just proved my point.

[ClioCJS]

There you go! I knew you'd pull through! :)

Re:I read that entire exchange and apk was right

[clone53421]

Nope, I changed my sig so that I could get nice screenshots (like the following) of APK claiming he could see a sig that didn’t exist anymore. It’s pretty hilarious, really.

http://i42.tinypic.com/xn9oya.png

Re:Boy that was smart clone (not)

[clone53421]

Yes! I WANT TO BE SUED! If you have anything legitimate against me, bring it on.

You don’t. You won’t. I’ll laugh.

Oh wait, I’m already laughing.