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One would think the demonRats would be in here doing the V for victory dance since it is they who have long wanted to "punish employers" wouldn't one?
One would think the demonRats would be in here doing the V for victory dance since it is they who have long wanted to "punish employers" wouldn't one?
The Arizona law in question in this case required employers to use E-Verify, an electronic federal system that is currently voluntary that allows employers to determine the legal status of job applicants and employees. The court ruled 5-3, with Justice Elena Kagan not participating, to reject the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s argument that the Arizona law pre-empted federal control over immigration policy. This was the first challenge to a state immigration law considered by the high court. The Obama administration opposed the law, but was not directly involved in this case. The Obama Justice Department sued Arizona over another law enacted last year - Senate Bill 1070 - that allowed local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws.
This ruling bodes well for other enforcement laws with regard to future rulings, said Bob Dane, spokesman for the pro-enforcement Federation of Americans for Immigration Reform. “This makes clear that federal preemption argument does not preclude meaningful legislation at the state level,” Dane told CNSNews.com. “The Supreme Court said there is no conflict. This is a major smack down to special interests in using the preemption argument.” “In this case, there was no conflict, it mirrored federal law. We think the same applies to 1070,” Dane added. “It’s a different law and a different decision. But this establishes a legal framework that can be factored into the argument over 1070.” The Legal Arizona Workers Act of 2007 says the licenses of state employers that knowingly or intentionally employ illegal aliens may be, and in certain circumstances must be, suspended or revoked. That law also requires that all Arizona employers use E-Verify.
Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said the Arizona law is consistent with the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act that also makes it “unlawful for a person or other entity … to hire, or to recruit or refer for a fee, for employment in the United States an alien knowing the alien is an unauthorized alien.” “Because we conclude that the state’s licensing provisions fall squarely within the federal statute’s savings clause and that the Arizona regulation does not otherwise conflict with federal law, we hold that the Arizona law is not preempted,” Roberts wrote. IRCA does restrict the ability of states to combat employing illegal aliens, but this law does not run counter to that, Roberts continued.
“IRCA expressly preempts some state powers dealing with the employment of unauthorized aliens and it expressly preserves others,” Roberts wrote. “We hold that Arizona’s licensing law falls well within the confines of the authority Congress chose to leave to the States and therefore is not expressly preempted.” At its broadest level, the Chamber’s argument is that Congress ‘intended the federal system to be exclusive,’ and that any state system therefore necessarily conflicts with federal law,” Roberts continued. “But Arizona’s procedures simply implement the sanctions that Congress expressly allowed Arizona to pursue through licensing laws. Given that Congress specifically preserved such authority for the states, it stands to reason that Congress did not intend to prevent the States from using appropriate tools to exercise that authority,” he added.
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What about employers paying cash? You are not going to stop Illegal Immigration and to stop Immigration in general will give the USA a competitive disadvantage by not being able to attract top talent to the country, them staying in their own country making their countries better while ours get worse.
What about employers paying cash? You are not going to stop Illegal Immigration and to stop Immigration in general will give the USA a competitive disadvantage by not being able to attract top talent to the country, them staying in their own country making their countries better while ours get worse.
Who gives a shit? let's use EVERY tool available to stop as many illegal aliens as possible.
What about employers paying cash? You are not going to stop Illegal Immigration and to stop Immigration in general will give the USA a competitive disadvantage by not being able to attract top talent to the country, them staying in their own country making their countries better while ours get worse.
Who gives a shit? let's use EVERY tool available to stop as many illegal aliens as possible.
So we stop all Immigration because we believe all mexicans are here illegally?
What about employers paying cash? You are not going to stop Illegal Immigration and to stop Immigration in general will give the USA a competitive disadvantage by not being able to attract top talent to the country, them staying in their own country making their countries better while ours get worse.
Who gives a shit? let's use EVERY tool available to stop as many illegal aliens as possible.
So we stop all Immigration because we believe all mexicans are here illegally?
Another example of rightwingloons' love affair with big brother.
Same old lame argument. ILLEGAL is ILLEGAL, PERIOD!!!!What about employers paying cash? You are not going to stop Illegal Immigration and to stop Immigration in general will give the USA a competitive disadvantage by not being able to attract top talent to the country, them staying in their own country making their countries better while ours get worse.