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Actually under existing law it's called 'probable cause'.
In United States criminal law, probable cause is the standard by which a police officer has the authority to make an arrest, conduct a personal or property search, or to obtain a warrant for arrest. It is also used to refer to the standard to which a grand jury believes that a crime has been committed. This term comes from the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
Considering the fact there is an estimated 400K + illegals in AZ alone, which is in fact a crime (being illegal), opens the probable cause option in dealing with the issue. I.e. number of potential illegals in a specific area = possibility that a larger than normal number are potentially committing a crime, in this instance the FEDERAL crime of being in this country illegally.
The feds aren't doing their job leaving the individual states to find their own solutions to the problem.
And... in this case, what praytell constitutes "probable cause"?
You must have read only the first sentence.
I read the whole post. What, specifically, to the particular officer doing the arresting, would constitute "probable cause", and more importantly, who would this "probable cause" apply to, specifically?