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Arizona H-1B Workers Advised to Carry Papers At All Times

Posted by Unknown on from the snuck-in-through-the-indo-american-wormhole dept.

dcblogs writes "In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday on Arizona's immigration enforcement law, H-1B workers are being advised to keep their papers on them. About half of all H-1B visa holders are employed in tech occupations. The court struck down several parts of Arizona's law but nonetheless left in place a core provision allowing police officers to check the immigration status of people in the state at specific times. How complicated this gets may depend on the training of the police officer, his or her knowledge of work visas, and whether an H-1B worker in the state has an Arizona's driver's license. An Arizona state driver's license provides the presumption of legal residency. Nonetheless, H-1B workers could become entangled in this law and suffer delays and even detention while local police, especially those officers and departments unfamiliar with immigration documentation."

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  1. License and registration please? by SoundGuyNoise · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your other license and registration please.

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  2. Arizona can be scary by kurt555gs · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm a mid 50's white guy. I always keep my passport with me when I travel through Arizona. One never knows. From a distance, at night, I may be suspected of being a Canadian.

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    1. Re:Arizona can be scary by Grayhand · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm a mid 50's white guy. I always keep my passport with me when I travel through Arizona. One never knows. From a distance, at night, I may be suspected of being a Canadian.

      Worse yet you could be mistaken for a northern liberal. Canadians they deport, liberals they burn. Just keep Rush Limbaugh on the radio in case you get pulled over.

    2. Re:Arizona can be scary by Tyler+Durden · · Score: 4, Funny

      A choice between listening to Rush Limbaugh or being burned alive? I choose burn.

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  3. Re:Okay, but... by Anubis+IV · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Alabama a German executive was detailed.

    And this is a problem? When I get my car detailed it costs me good money. I should think he'd be happy.

  4. Re:Okay, but... by Stirling+Newberry · · Score: 3, Funny

    Very good, you can recognize a pun. Maybe you speak enough English to be a citizen. But just in case, your papers please.

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  5. Re:this is new how? by madhi19 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't be ridiculous Arizona does not have tourist they scared them all away with all that bullshit a long time ago.

  6. Look, we've been over this by tompaulco · · Score: 4, Funny

    As has previously been stated time and time again, racial profiling just doesn't work. If we concentrate on Mexicans, then they will just start sending Caucasians across the border.

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  7. Re:I Wonder If They'll Check White People by Ryanrule · · Score: 4, Funny

    management consultant. Well, I would arrest you for that.

  8. Re:this is new how? by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 1, Funny

    Prove that you're not an alien. You have 15 seconds, starting... now.

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