Troopers bust carload of illegal aliens
A Nebraska State Patrol Trooper, performing a routine traffic stop on eastbound Interstate-80 May 26, discovered eight illegal aliens riding in a Ford station wagon with Arizona license plates. The car was registered to an Arizona man and the driver had an Arizona ID.
The men were apparently getting as far from Arizona as they could get.
Lawmakers in the Arizona Senate recently voted 17 to 11 to approve a controversial immigration enforcement bill, widely regarded as the toughest measure yet taken by any U.S. state to curb illegal immigration.
Immigration is a bitterly fought issue in the United States, where some 10.8 million illegal immigrants live and work in the shadows, although it has been eclipsed in recent months by a healthcare overhaul and concern over the economy.
The law requires Arizona state and local police to determine the status of people if there is "reasonable suspicion" that they are illegal immigrants and to arrest people who are unable to provide documentation proving they are in the country legally.
It also makes it a crime to transport someone who is an illegal immigrant and to hire day laborers off the street.
The troopers alerted Immigration Customs Enforcement, who took the allegedly illegal immigrants into custody and towed the station wagon.
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