Appeals court upholds Arizona’s employers sanctions law


Published/Last Modified on Friday, September 19, 2008 2:39 PM MDT


A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected challenges to Arizona's 8-month-old employer sanctions law.


Judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the state law that allows judges to suspend or revoke the licenses of companies that knowingly hire undocumented workers is does not run afoul of federal laws. The three-judge panel said while federal law specifically reserves the right to impose criminal and civil punishments to the federal government, that law does allow states to revoke licenses.

The court also turned aside arguments that it is illegal for the state to require employers to check the immigration status of new workers through the federal government's E-Verify system.

But the judges pointed out that no employer has been charged with breaking the law that took effect Jan. 1. And they said while the law on its face is valid, that does not mean that a company which eventually faces penalties under the statute could not bring a new claim contesting that its rights were violated.

 

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    Losing Hope wrote on Sep 20, 2008 12:46 AM:

    " Businesses and companies should not be held responsible for hiring UDIs as they are not Border Protection and Homeland Security agents. If the feds are unable to stop the flow of UDIs entering the US, even with the bloated HSBP agency, then there is something wrong with the agency, and businesses should not be held accountable for the Feds failure. "

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