Miami-Dade police said they won't ask for paperwork in stops ahead of sweeping immigration law
As Florida gets ready to implement a new sweeping immigration law this summer, Miami-Dade County police said they do not plan on pulling over drive...
As Florida gets ready to implement a new sweeping immigration law this summer, Miami-Dade County police said they do not plan on pulling over drivers to require them or car passengers to show paperwork confirming anyone's immigration status. The new law, set to go into effect in July, makes it a felony to "knowingly and willfully" transport an undocumented person in the state of Florida — even if it is a relative or someone one knows. 'We don't have to ask for identification that proves the immigration status of a person in the county because we are here to act on Florida statutes that are criminal, not civil," Álvaro Zabaleta, a Miami-Dade County police detective, told Telemundo 51, NBC's sister local TV station in Miami, in Spanish.