At one end of the scale is Arizona, which generated headlines (and lawsuits) in 2010 when the legislature passed the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (S.B. 1070), requiring police officers to attempt to determine motorists’ immigration status following a traffic stop. Critics argued that this provision of the law was tantamount to legalizing racial profiling, as the police would undoubtedly be more likely to suspect Hispanic motorists of being illegal immigrants (Lach 2012). But, in Arizona v. United States (2012), the Supreme Court disagreed, ruling that the “papers
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