Immigration Law

ARIZONA LAW FACES MAJOR TEST

By Greg Siskind

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will become the first federal appeals court to hear a challenge on a state immigration law when it hears arguments Thursday concerning the constitutionality of Arizona's tough employer sanctions law. Arizona mandates all employers use E-Verify and can suspend the business licenses of employers found to have knowingly hired illegally present immigrants. Nearly two dozen states now have immigration laws and the Ninth Circuit case could have a major impact on whether these laws will survive.

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on June 08, 2008 (boomark / email).