Employer Sanctions laws to go before the Supreme Court
SB 1070 isn’t the only controversial immigration law in Arizona. When she was governor Janet Napolitano signed another controversial bill tied to immigration. That bill requires employers to verify the eligibility of prospective employees through a federal database called E-Verify and imposes sanctions on companies that knowingly hire undocumented workers.
While the law was upheld by the 9th Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge by the ACLU and Chamber of Commence beginning this fall. According to the Associated Press:
The Supreme Court is entering the nation’s charged debate over immigration, agreeing to hear a challenge from business and civil liberties groups to an Arizona law that cracks down on employers who hire undocumented workers.
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The law is separate from the recently adopted Arizona immigration law that is intended to drive illegal immigrants out of Arizona and also is being challenged as unconstitutional.
In the case under high court review, the chamber and ACLU argued that Arizona and other states that have imposed similar laws are overstepping their authority. Only Congress, they said, may legislate about immigration.
The Obama administration weighed in last month on the side of the chamber and ACLU, also arguing that federal immigration law trumps state efforts. SB 1979 isn’t the only controversial immigration law in Arizona. While she was still governor Janet Napolitano signed another controversial bill tied to immigration. This bill requires employers to verify the eligibility of prospective employees through a federal database called E-Verify and imposes sanctions on companies that knowingly hire undocumented workers. While the law was upheld by the 9th Court of Appeals, the Supreme court has agreed to hear a challenger by the ACKU and Chamber of Commence beginning this fall.
According to the Associated Press:
The Supreme Court is entering the nation’s charged debate over immigration, agreeing to hear a challenge from business and civil liberties groups to an Arizona law that cracks down on employers who hire undocumented workers.
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