Would you call the subject of immigration "reformed" if the idea has already been used before? I would not. It's more of a backwards step. Arizona's new law incorporates methods used by oppressive governments when they needed to round up a certain ethnic group for safety purposes. A prime example is the obligation of Jews during World War 2 to wear arm bands identifying their religion. Now immigrants must carry identification of their citizenship on them at all times while being subject to a law that no whites have to comply with. Of course, we aren't sticking our immigrants in ovens and rooms of poison gas, but the requirement is the same: if you can not prove that you are who you say you are, you will be taken into our custody.
So now the question is, is this really a reform? Or just citizens making an angry statement at the expense of darker skin and the constitutionality of our country.
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