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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 10:39 AM
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AZ Truck driver forced to show birth certificate claims racial-profiling
The new law at work!

PHOENIX – A Valley man says he was pulled over Wednesday morning and questioned when he arrived at a weigh station for his commercial vehicle along Val Vista and the 202 freeway.

Abdon, who did not want to use his last name, says he provided several key pieces of information but what he provided apparently was not what was needed.

He tells 3TV, “I don't think it's correct, if I have to take my birth certificate with me all the time.”

3TV caught up with Abdon after he was released from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in central Phoenix. He and his wife, Jackie, are still upset about what happened to him.

Jackie tells 3TV, “It's still something awful to be targeted. I can't even imagine what he felt, people watching like he was some type of criminal.”

Abdon was told he did not have enough paperwork on him when he pulled into a weigh station to have his commercial truck checked. He provided his commercial driver’s license and a social security number but ended up handcuffed.

An agent called his wife and she had to leave work to drive home and grab other documents like his birth certificate.

Jackie explains, “I have his social security card as well and mine. He's legit. It's the first time it's ever happened.”

Both were born in the United States and say they are now both infuriated that keeping important documents safely at home is no longer an option

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Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 10:43 AM
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1. Much discussion at this earlier thread
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Tennessee Gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 10:43 AM
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2. Unbelievable!!!!
Those Arizona nutty lawmakers have unleashed hell upon their citizens. There will be story after story along these lines until that stupid law is repealed. May the lawmakers and the Governor there wallow in the shit they have created. America is watching.
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pinboy3niner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-27-10 10:55 AM
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3. This case involved ICE--feds, not state or local authorities
Also,l the new AZ law has not even gone into effect yet.
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