Reid targets state laws on illegal immigration

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has co-sponsored a racial profiling ban that would defund state law enforcement programs engaged in “racial profiling” and empower Attorney General Eric Holder to “report on” instances of raclal profiling by law enforcement officials. The law sounds innocuous, but it that would likely threaten law enforcement funding for states with illegal immigration laws such as Arizona.

“Racial profiling has no place in our law enforcement,” said Reid in a statement. “It’s imperative that [law enforcement officials] use their scarce resources for real law enforcement that targets those who engage in criminal activity, not one group of people based on their race, ethnicity, or national origin.”