Illegal Immigrants: Justice Anthony Kennedy

Arizona Law Dept: Two years ago, Arizona became the first of half a dozen U.S. states to pass laws aimed at driving illegal immigrants out, including requiring police to check the immigration status of anyone detained and suspected of being in the country illegally, according to Globe and Mail. Critics have said the Arizona law could lead to ethnic and racial profiling of the fast-growing Hispanic population, now equal to 16 per cent of all Americans and justice Anthony Kennedy, who often casts the deciding vote, referred to the social and economic disruption that states endure as a result of a flood of illegal immigrants and suggested that states such as Arizona have authority to act. The battle over the law goes to the heart of a fierce national debate between Democrats and Republicans over what to do with the estimated 11.5 million illegal immigrants in the country, a number that has held steady in recent years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.