Is The New Immigration Policy Legal Profiling?

As I type this there is someone being stopped in Alabama, Georgia, Texas, or another state in the south that is close to Mexico, simply because they 'look like they are here illegally'. I'm not kidding. This is the law in these states. Police have been given the authority to stop and question anyone that they feel may be an illegal immigrant. This has been in practice for a number of years but now it is a legal practice. If you recall this was started in Arizona and has caught on like wild fire throughout the south. Every state seems to have adapted this law and somehow tweaked it so that it will pass through the state legislation.

The latest to join is Alabama. As of Sept 29th 2011 the police have the authority to stop anyone that they feel is an illegal immigrant. In addition to this, anyone that is caught giving a ride to an illegal immigrant may face charges as well. Children are not immune as schools will be mandated to check the immigration status of their students.

Are the new changes to the immigration law meant to prevent illegal aliens from entering and staying in this country or a new form of racial profiling? I'm leaning more on the side of racial profiling. I do feel like there should be some sort of change to the law and a restriction of the amount of illegal aliens that enter and subsequently are allowed to remain in this country. In the same frame this seems to be targeted at only one group of immigrants. That group is Mexican or Hispanic. Yes I know that Mexico is landlocked and many illegal immigrants come in this way but so is Canada. What about the other illegal immigrants that are not Mexican that go unnoticed? The law, especially in the southern states like Alabama and Georgia and the southwestern states such as Arizona and Texas, seems to be specifically targeting Hispanics and Mexicans by allowing officers to stop people that they believe are 'potential' illegal immigrants. how would someone know that you are an illegal immigrant or that you are an immigrant period just by looking at you? Many of whom would not be here if it were not for greedy business owners paying them under the table or off the books in order to obtain cheap labor and pay less in taxes. There is some truth to the phrase 'if you build it, they will come' from the Kevin Costner film Field of Dreams. If there are less jobs then they will not come here and stay here illegally.

I feel that this new law that has passed is racial profiling and should not be tolerated.