It was predicted that a series of anti-immigration bills mimicking SB 1070 would come upon us and we see it has begun. SB 2179 has passed the state senate in Mississippi. It allows police officers to ask for proof of citizenship or residency in the United States. Officers can probe people based on a primary offense such as driving through a stop sign or speeding. The caveat to it being a secondary search is that this is somehow more humane than SB 1070 because you can’t just stop someone to question their immigration status, you have to stop them for another offense. The caveat they ignored is that the majority of racial profiling happens when people are stopped for other ...