Arizona should try checkpoints instead of suspicion-based stops.
Arizona should try checkpoints instead of suspicion-based stops.
The law, lawyers, and the court. May 24 2010 11:03 AM  The
Arizona Solution  The state should try checkpoints instead of
suspicion-based stops.  A police car in Arizona. Click image to
expand. A police car in Arizona  Arizona's new immigration
enforcement statute has reignited the national debate on racial
profiling. Critics of the new law, which allows police officers
to determine the immigration status of any person legally
stopped or arrested for any other reason, worry that it will
lead to many more arbitrary stops of Latinos in Arizona.  That's
a real concern even if the stops don't lead to arrests, because
of the ill will that stops cause when they seem arbitrary and
when police treat people who are stopped with disrespect.
There's a better, even-handed way to identify illegal
immigrants: checkpoints.   To understand the costs of arbitrary
stops, consider street policing in