Immigration Law

ARIZONA NOT PROSECUTING EMPLOYER SANCTIONS CASES

By Greg Siskind

My last post discussed one of two parts to the Arizona immigration law - the requirement to use E-Verify. The more controversial part of the law allows the state to revoke business licenses for employers who employ unlawfully present workers. According to a report in the Arizona Republic, after a full year in force, not a single employer has been prosecuted. That part of the law is very possibly unconstitutional and the courts are still in the middle of sorting out the issues. But the federal government is responsible for enforcing immigration law and that's where the focus needs to be rather than at the state or local level.

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on December 30, 2008 (boomark / email).