SCOTUS upholds Ariz. Law Penalizing Businesses For Hiring Illegal Immigrants

[bobbyw24]

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has sustained Arizona's law that penalizes businesses for hiring workers who are in the United States illegally, rejecting arguments that states have no role in immigration matters.

By a 5-3 vote, the court said Thursday that federal immigration law gives states the authority to impose sanctions on employers who hire unauthorized workers.

The decision upholding the validity of the 2007 law comes as the state is appealing a ruling that blocked key components of a second, more controversial Arizona immigration enforcement law. Thursday's decision applies only to business licenses and does not signal how the high court might rule if the other law comes before it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/26/supreme-court-upholds-ari_n_867432.html

 

[TheDrakeMan]

Great news.

 

[Rothbardian Girl]

I don't like this at all. The state should not be dictating whom a businessperson can and cannot hire.

 

[TheDrakeMan]

I don't like this at all. The state should not be dictating whom a businessperson can and cannot hire.

This is needed. It will help keep out illegal immigrants, who are invading the states on a cultural & political level. This is one of the natural duties of government.

 

[Agorism]

Anyone have the liberal argument against. State Constitution and Bill of Rights (incorporation) would be the two place where you would look for arguments against.

 

[Lucille]

This is needed. It will help keep out illegal immigrants, who are invading the states on a cultural & political level. This is one of the natural duties of government.

Then the government should its duty, instead of mandating businesses to do its job for them, for free.

The second so-called solution that drew Goldwater’s ire would have penalized an employer who knowingly hires illegal immigrants. He suggested that “these employer sanctions” are “discriminatory and could raise possible violations of civil rights of potential employees. It is the government, not the employer, who should bear the main responsibility of determining who is here legally and who is not.”

E-Verify is a guest book. An employer cannot not hire someone if E-Verify tags them as illegal, nor can one fire an employee if they found out they're illegal via E-Verify after the fact. An employer has to wait to be told how to proceed by the govt, all the while fearing fines and/or jail time and/or the loss of their business.

 

[TheDrakeMan]

Then the government should its duty, instead of mandating businesses to do its job for them, for free.

Nope, it's all inclusive.