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The "papers please" provision of our fair State's SB1070 bill has been upheld by the Supreme Court.

The part of the law the justices upheld requires police officers stopping someone to make efforts to verify the person's immigration status with the federal government.

Exactly how law enforcement are going to decide when to ask about a person's immigration status is obviously the big question being asked. Assurances that racial profiling will not be used were given yesterday at a number of press conferences.

I guess time will tell.

But I can assure you of one thing, I will not be happy if my wife is ever asked about her immigration status if she's ever pulled over for speeding.