It begins..

[AVGWarhawk]

PHOENIX – A Valley man says he was pulled over Wednesday morning and questioned when he arrived at a weigh station for his commercial vehicle along Val Vista and the 202 freeway.

He was at a weigh station....commerical driver with commercial drivers license. Whats the problem? He was not pulled over for the fun of it. The weigh station is open for business...he is a truck driver. He must enter for inspection.

He tells 3TV, “I don't think it's correct, if I have to take my birth certificate with me all the time.”

He needs to carry a Medical Cert card and drivers license as well as proof of insurance. Why not add a birth certificate as part of paperwork required for driving a commercial vehicle?

Abdon was told he did not have enough paperwork on him when he pulled into a weigh station to have his commercial truck checked. He provided his commercial driver’s license and a social security number but ended up handcuffed.

The arrest does not look warranted to me. Two forms of ID should have been enough. However I do not know the SOP for this....see below:

A representative at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) returned 3TV’s calls after researching the incident and she said this was standard operating procedure.
The agents needed to verify Abdon was in the country legally and it is not uncommon to ask for someone's birth certificate. She also said this has nothing to do with the proposed bill or racial profiling.