PHOENIX, Sept. 20, 2012—Arizona's new immigration law takes effect this week. According to the law, police officers must check the status of anyone who may be an undocumented immigrant. Officers have the right to decide who is checked under this law. Which argument would a supporter use to show that this law is necessary? (5 points)

A. All citizens are entitled to due process of law under the Fifth Amendment.
B. Birthright citizenship was granted in the United States only with the Fourteenth
Amendment.
C. The First Amendment permits freedom of assembly by all people, including
immigrants.
D. The U. S. Constitution gives states the right to make and enforce their own laws.