Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Take footwear quiz, can you spot the immigrant?

from Gabe Gonzalez, Reform Immigration FOR America

Do you want police officers to work as fashion police? That’s what might happen in Arizona.

Since Arizona passed a law legalizing racial profiling, anti-immigrant officials have made some interesting statements about how you can tell whether someone is undocumented. Republican Congressman Brian Bilbray, for instance, thinks that footwear is a good way to tell whether people are undocumented: "[Police] will look at the kind of dress you wear, there is a different type of attire, there is a different type of -- right down to the shoes," Bilbray said in an interview1.

We’re taking Congressman Bilbray at his word and putting the challenge to you: can you tell if people are undocumented by their shoes?

Take the quiz and find out.

We’ve assembled a collection of shoes from near and far. Click on the headline to take our quiz and see if Congressman Bilbray is right, and fashion choices should lead to deportation.

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