SC backs Arizona immigration law punish businesses

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High court backs Arizona immigration law that punishes businesses

Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court has backed an Arizona law that punishes businesses hiring illegal immigrants, a law that opponents, including the Obama administration, say steps on traditional federal oversight over immigration matters.

The 5-3 ruling Thursday is a victory for supporters of immigration reform on the state level.

It was the first high court challenge to a variety of recent state laws cracking down on illegal immigrants, an issue that has become a political lightning rod.

The outcome could serve as a judicial warmup for a separate high-profile challenge to a more controversial Arizona immigration reform law working its way through lower courts. That statute would, among other things, give local police a greater role in arresting suspected illegal immigrants.

The hiring case turned on whether state law tramples on federal authority.

"Arizona has taken the route least likely to cause tension with federal law," wrote Chief Justice John Roberts. "It relies solely on the federal government's own determination of who is an unauthorized alien, and it requires Arizona employers to use the federal government's own system for checking employee status."
Arizona passed the Legal Arizona Workers Act in 2007, allowing the state to suspend the licenses of businesses that "intentionally or knowingly" violate work-eligibility verification requirements. Companies would be required under that law to use E-Verify, a federal database to check the documentation of current and prospective employees. That database had been created by Congress as a voluntary, discretionary resource.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit against the state, arguing that federal law prohibits Arizona and other states from making E-Verify use mandatory. The group was supported by a variety of civil rights and immigration rights groups. The state countered that its broad licensing authority gives it the right to monitor businesses within its jurisdiction.

The Obama administration recommended a judicial review and sided with businesses and civil rights groups.

Read more at: www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/26/scotus.arizona.law/index.html

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Sets precedence to rule on our state's right to ask for ID, which will be heard some day.
GO, AZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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GO, Gov. Brewer!!!!
If JAN NAP's law is good, so is yours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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AZ supports the USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[marshabar1]

Immigration Corruption and Criminal Aliens


Written by AZBDNews Thursday, 26 May 2011 04:47

A tidal wave of violence in Mexico spills over our border, washing through our country. Criminal aliens shoot Arizona rancher and NRA Life member Robert Krentz in cold blood. All while the anti-gunners in Washington blame Mexican corruption on American gun owners — trying to take your guns rather than take back the border. And when they threaten our guns, they make it our fight.

www.nra.org/mexico/

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[pappyjohn99]

Brewer / Ryan 2016!!!

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Great video, Marsha!! I know Sheriff Dever and his family personally, WISH I knew Babeau.. too cute.. these men are telling the TRUTH.

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LOL, Pappy!! Brewer is incredibly smart, but not a great speaker. She IS getting better, though. Sure knows her stuff when it comes to illegals and budget. She even hurts those of us that love her with her budget issues, but she knows her stuff. AZ gets better and better from Brewer policies-- even if it is temporarily painful.

[SweetVirginia]

Great news!!! I am headed to Arizona tomorrow for Memorial weekend. I will be spending money there and supporting as many AZ businesses as I can.

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YAY, Sweet!! One of these days we will meet up. Sooner the better, for your sake. CA is getting worse and worse.
Not that AZ is GREAT, but at least we are not insane. Hope you can grab my kid in LA and bring him back with you some day. Even as young as he is, LA is wearing him out.

[SweetVirginia]

May 26, 2011 22:44:39 GMT -5 @krickitt said:

YAY, Sweet!! One of these days we will meet up. Sooner the better, for your sake. CA is getting worse and worse.
Not that AZ is GREAT, but at least we are not insane. Hope you can grab my kid in LA and bring him back with you some day. Even as young as he is, LA is wearing him out.

That would be great krickitt. CA is hopeless. No one is willing to admit that the high illegal population is one of the main reasons for our financial crisis. CA is a lost cause unless the state government gets the courage to do something about the illegal problem.

[EVT1]

I think it's a good decision. I bet the right wing of the court had do some thinking though considering its normal pro-business attitude and having to go against the US chamber of commerce and their love of cheap labor.

Don't hold your breath on the next case- that law is so flawed it doesn't stand a chance.

[BeenThere...DoneThat...]

<<< CA is a lost cause unless the state government gets the courage to do something about the illegal problem. >>>

...agreed...
...but a residual problem is when state problems get bailed out by federal dollars... which chaps my hide...