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  • Essay / The pros and cons of immigration to the United States

    The "papers please" portion of the bill has been the main controversy, giving police officers the right to ask for legal status person (Serrano). This part is extremely used to target Latinos. During a trial for its constitutionality, this part of the bill was not found unconstitutional (Serrano). “The court made it clear that this is a yellow light: proceed with caution due to the high risk of discriminatory treatment” (Serrano). Senate Bill 1070 has certainly been subject to abuse, including from the Maricopa (Cassidy) County Sheriff's Office. John F. Kennedy once said: “The most powerful force in the world today is neither communism nor capitalism, nor the H-bomb nor the guided missile; it is a man’s eternal desire to be free and independent” (Baker 86). The quote means that there is nothing stronger than a man's desire to be free, but with the discrimination of Latinos, they constantly, never want