I WAS WRONG ABOUT THE IMMIGRATION BILL

(h/t Atrios)

I was prematurely optimistic about the changes to the AZ bill. The newest version of the bill provides more opportunities for questioning people:

Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Phoenix, said those two changes help clarify the bill, and lighten its impact somewhat. But she called a third change "frightening."

That change clarifies that a police officer responding to city ordinance violations would also be required to determine the immigration status of an individual they have reasonable suspicion of being in the country illegally. City ordinance violations vary by municipality but could include things like loud parties, barking dogs, cars on blocks in the yard or too many renters.

The Wonk Room found that these additional grounds were the idea of anti-immigrant activist Kris Kobach. Kobach works for the Immigration Reform Law Institute.