State Efforts to Deter Unauthorized Aliens

Book excerpt: On April 23, 2010, Arizona enacted S.B. 1070, which is designed to discourage and deter the entry or presence of aliens who lack lawful status under fed. immigrat. law. It requires state and local law enforce. officials to facilitate the detection of unauthor. aliens in their daily activities. The enactment of S.B. 1070 has sparked significant legal and policy debate. Contents: (1) Background; (2) Major Provisions of S.B. 1070; (3) Overview of Preemption: State Enforce. of Immigrat. Law; Criminalization of Immigrat.-Related Conduct; Criminalizing Hiring of Persons Picked on Roadways; Criminalizing Alien Smuggling; Criminalizing Viol. of Fed. Alien Reg¿n. Require.; Criminalizing the Solicitation or Performance of Work by Unauthorized Aliens; (4) Racial Profiling Issues.