Yes, it is racial profiling.

CNN

Latino lawmakers urge veto of Arizona immigration law - CNN.com

This bill opens the doors to racial profiling with the provision that allows an officer to ask for citizenship papers from someone who only looks illegal."

Latino lawmakers urge veto of Arizona immigration law - CNN.com

Critics argue the new law would foster racial profiling, saying that most police officers don't have enough training to look past race while investigating a person's legal status.

Latino lawmakers urge veto of Arizona immigration law - CNN.com

The tough rhetoric has angered immigration advocates, such as Isabel Garcia, an Arizona legal defender, who says the legislation "legalizes racial profiling."

Reuters Newswire

Arizona passes tough illegal immigration law | Reuters

"You cannot tell if a person walking on a sidewalk is undocumented or not ... (so) this is a mandate for racial profiling," said Pablo Alvarado, director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network.

Arizona passes tough illegal immigration law | Reuters

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawmakers passed a controversial immigration bill on Monday requiring police in the state that borders Mexico to determine if people are in the United States illegally, a measure critics say is open to racial profiling.

Los Angeles Times

A hostile Arizona - Los Angeles Times

The bill would strongly encourage police officers to engage in racial profiling by ordering them to check the status of people they merely suspectsuspect of being in the U.S. illegally.

A hostile Arizona - Los Angeles Times

The solution is not for Arizona to criminalize illegal immigration, which has generally been regarded as a civil violation, or to encourage a culture of civil rights violations and racial profiling.

Times of London (UK newspaper)

Arizona Bill ‘puts racial profiling into law’ - Times Online

"It basically puts racial profiling into law, " a spokeswoman for the Senate Democrats in the Arizona state assembly told The Times yesterday.

Arizona Bill ‘puts racial profiling into law’ - Times Online

An anti-immigration law condemned as a licence for racial profiling is expected to come into force in Arizona within the next 48 hours.

Arizona Daily Star

Racial profiling, SB 1070 will go hand in hand

Civil libertarians and immigrant-rights groups say the Arizona bill will spur racial profiling.

Racial profiling, SB 1070 will go hand in hand

It would foment racial profiling of Hispanics.

Racial profiling, SB 1070 will go hand in hand

We agree, and we doubt that many of its provisions are constitutional.

Racial profiling, SB 1070 will go hand in hand

"It appears to mandate racial profiling."

Racial profiling, SB 1070 will go hand in hand

We must not see Arizona devolve into a police state or a state where racial harassment and profiling is mandated by law.

bvblackspin.com

Arizona Law: Give it a Chance - BV Black Spin

No doubt that the law, which would compel police officers to stop suspected illegal immigrants and demand proof of citizenship, may open the door to racial profiling, hostile confrontations and harassment of legal residents.

No, it is not racial profiling.

USA Today (newspaper)

Arizona House OKs immigration bill changes to address racial profiling concerns -

The bill's sponsor says the goal is to clarify that the controversial bill prohibits racial profiling in any form, the newspaper reports.

azcentral.com

Arizona immigration law: Changes sought by lawmakers

Bill sponsor Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, said the intent is to clarify that "this bill prohibits racial profiling in any form."

Rush Limbaugh (conservative radio personality)

Left Misrepresents Arizona Law

And here's our postpartisan, postracial president now claiming that all this is racial profiling when he knows damn well that's not what it is.

Left Misrepresents Arizona Law

I made perfectly clear when I signed the bill that we would not tolerate racial profiling.