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The Obama Administration has asked the Supreme Court to prohibit Arizona from enforcing a two-year-old measuresigned into law by former Governor Janet Napolitanopunishing businesses that hire illegal immigrants.
Ironically, President Obamas Homeland Security Secretary ardently supported the law when she signed it in 2007 though she refuses to comment on her bosss campaign to eliminate it. Considered the nations toughest measure against businesses that hire illegal aliens, the Legal Arizona Workers Act requires employers to verify that employees are authorized to work in the U.S. Those caught hiring illegal workers are severely punished and can have their license revoked.
Legally challenged by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups, the law has been repeatedly upheld by lower courts. Last week the Obama Administration urged the Supreme Court to toss out those rulings by preventing Arizona from enforcing the measure because federal immigration law expressly preempts any state law imposing sanctions on employers hiring illegal immigrants.
The Arizona law disrupts "a careful balance that Congress struck nearly 25 years ago between two interests of the highest importance: ensuring that employers do not undermine enforcement of immigration laws by hiring unauthorized workers, while also ensuring that employers not discriminate against racial and ethnic minorities legally in the country," according to a brief filed by the administration.
Obama Asks Supreme Court To Ax Ariz. Employer Sanction Law | Judicial Watch
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. I mean Washington D.C.
So much for going after the employers. Hopeychangey?