Arizona Republican wants to jail undocumented immigrants for using public bathrooms

[phantom power]

More conservative posturing. This is totally unenforceable, short of just pulling people over who look Hispanic, which they already tried to do last year but were overruled on Constitutional grounds. The only reason to bring up a bill like this is to be an asshole about advertising how much you hate Mexicans.

An Arizona state House committee on Wednesday will hold a hearing on a bill that could jail undocumented immigrants if they use public restrooms or other public resources like schools or roads.

The Committee on Federal and State Affairs will consider Republican state Rep. Carl Seel’s (R) House Bill 2192 that would require people who use public resources to provide proof that they are in the U.S. legally or provide proof of citizenship.

A first offense would be considered a misdemeanor. Second offenses would result in felony charges and possible jail time. Undocumented immigrants who use public roads could also have their cars seized, according to The Huffington Post.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/11/arizona-republican-wants-to-jail-undocumented-immigrants-for-using-public-bathrooms/

[raging moderate]

1. Where does he want them to put it?

Another narcissistic paranoid idea that would only hasten the onslaught of the new Dark Ages.

[LiberalEsto]

2. Would they prefer to see people going in the streets?

Honest to gosh, some people are so mean-spirited.

[phantom power]

4. I live in AZ, and this horse-shit infuriates me

In the unlikely event that this passes, and isn't struck down, I guarantee you that no white people would ever be asked to present their proof of citizenship. It's a mystery! Only people Of A Certain Skin Tone would ever be asked.

If you wanted to kill laws like this deader than a doornail, start pulling random *white* people over while driving to Present Their Papers. Or out of the stall in the public restroom. Kind of like gun laws. I keep hoping that blacks and hispanics start carrying in large numbers, just to see how the GOP tries to spin their inevitable freak-out while trying to sound like they aren't just straight up racists.

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. Didn't we already try this ...?

https://www.google.com/search?q=pictures+of+segregated+bathrooms&tbm=isch&imgil=lRr7LpkDyrY8gM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcQFXYOuR5YNxe_y4JPRHIVeO9OYk-IsOYyyo4kSbywl5AivSVOm7g%253B594%253B270%253BPBas1bmKspWa3M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252F%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.glogster.com%252Fjamesbond7%252Fjim-crow-laws%252Fg-6lg7tqj82d6nvatq9l3ata0%3B594%3B270

[Shrike47]

3. I guess he would rather they used his front door mat.

What an ass.

[sharp_stick]

5. I want everyone that now uses a restroom

to bring along and present a notarized copy of their birth certificate to be presented to the guard on duty at each public restroom in the State.

The fact that fucking idiots like this manage to not only get elected but actually get re-elected is pretty damning evidence of the stupidity of their constituents.

[Yo_Mama]

7. And I want to jail anyone who supports a measure like that

My bet is that I'm in the majority, so since the AZ nuts apparently believe majority rules without exceptions for individual human rights, let's start building the prisons now.

[ladjf]

8. This is an example of raw racism. nt

[alp227]

9. RePOTTYcans.

Sheesh from "THE TRANSGENDERS WILL RAPE WOMEN IN RESTROOMS" to this they seem to have some kind of sick fetish.

[Comrade Grumpy]

10. Those AZ Republicans are some of the worst assholes in the nation. They need to just die off.

And that will happen, but not soon enough.

[jwirr]

11. It seems to me that Arizona wants to spend a lot of taxpayers money on prisons. Is someone making

big bucks on this idea?