Nothing before this Act prevented an arresting officer from checking with Immigration. The Act, as I understand it, removes discretion and requires everyone to be checked, which, of course won't be done.
Exactly. As I opined above, failure to produce a driver's license is probable cause and applies to anyone driving. It's the discretion that this law takes away from police regarding any further action that is the core of it. But taking away that discretion regarding driver's licenses may be a good thing. For one, I think that failure to produce a license should never be ovrlooked.
