On the recordJuly 29, 2010
It prohibits racial profiling in this bill, which, by the way, the federal law doesn't.
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Russell Pearce
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transcripts.cnn.comIt prohibits racial profiling in this bill, which, by the way, the federal law doesn't.
Pearce asserts that the immigration law he sponsored includes provisions against racial profiling.
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Just the opposite, Mr. Chairman. Again, under federal law, you know--under the U.S. Constitution and the Arizona Constitution, we have the Equal Protection Clause.
The 14th Amendment was written in 1866, ratified in 1868, belonged to one group of people only, African-Americans, to give them their rightful place at the table that they were being denied after that war.
You know, immigration -- you know, illegal is not a race. It's a crime.
Enough's enough. The greatest enforcement tool we have are going after those businesses who -- who -- who cheat.