JuridicsUSA: Immigration: State laws to shut biz that h+rz undocumenteds = illegals

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Voice of America reports on  Questions law raised against Arizona that allows state to close down businesses h+ring illegal immigrants
Jim Malone | Washington (Dec8,2k10) VOA News.com (English)

The U.S. Supreme Court has heard oral arguments in an important immigration case from the southwestern state of Arizona. At issue is whether Arizona has the right to punish employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens and whether that conflicts with the federal government's responsibility to enforce immigration laws.   

Under a state law approved in Arizona in 2007, the state has the right to sanction employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.   

But an unusual mix of civil rights and business groups is challenging the state law in court, and the case was presented for oral argument before the Supreme Court.

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The US Supreme Court is hearing the US Chamber of Commerce's challenge of the law that allows Arizona to suspend the license of a company that employs illegal immigrants.

Voice of America's blogs+t, VOA News.com (English) reports impartially on the SCOTUS case where one s+d brings suit against the State of Arizona in order to sanction and discipline a state for enforcing Federal law.

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