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Immigration

May 28, 2011

Arizona Immigration Law Passes Muster

In a ruling that boosts state laws policing immigration, a divided U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Arizona law that punishes businesses for employing undocumented immigrants.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WASHINGTON - In a ruling that boosts state efforts to police immigration, a divided U.S. Supreme Court upheld an Arizona law that punishes businesses for employing undocumented immigrants.


The court's five Republican-appointed justices upheld a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finding that federal law does not pre-empt Arizona's workplace statute, which also requires employers to check the...

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