... doesn't deter anything," said Dan Pochoda, legal director of the Arizona ACLU. "It's not a serious hurdle." ...Pochoda said that law enforcement officers -- under strong pressure to find and remove illegal immigrants -- could still identify people by race and then look for a minor infraction as an excuse to investigate them.
Any cop could do that now, anywhere, so hopefully a judge will consider...
... on.
ACLU lawyers involved include "Dan Pochoda, Legal Director of the ACLU of Arizona and lead counsel on the case", Cecillia Wang, and Annie Lai.
9/18/09 UPDATE: Others involved in the suit are Steptoe and Johnson, MALDEF, and Somos America.
... involved:
ACLU of Arizona: Legal Director Dan Pochoda
ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project: Robin Goldfaden and Monica Ramirez
MALDEF: Kristina Campbell and Nancy Ramirez
Steptoe & Johnson: David J. Bodney, Peter Kozinets, Karen Hartman-Tellez and Isaac Hernandez
UPDATE: Per this, the sweeps might have decreased the MCSO's ability to respond to calls, but there might be other factors involved.