Yesterday's decision by the Supreme Court defense of Arizona law requires employers to use E-Verify, or risk losing their business licenses, like all decisions of the Supreme Court, take some time to implement and understand the unintended consequences.
But yesterday's decision signals that the Supreme Court may rule on SB 1070, when, and if, finally makes its way to the Supreme Court, which could be this winter with a decision in the spring of 2012, before the presidential election.
Governor Jan Brewer asked the U.S. Arizona Supreme Court to allow law enforcement to SB 1070, state immigration law at issue, the parties to a federal judge and the 9th Circuit has ruled unconstitutional.
Despite the challenges for both law involve the idea of preventive war, if the federal government has exclusive authority to make and enforce laws on a particular topic, the underlying laws in question are very different.
Support our forces and the Safe Neighborhoods Act (introduced as Arizona Senate Bill 1070 and therefore often referred to simply as Arizona SB 1070) is a legislative act in the U.S. Arizona, which was the largest and strict anti-illegal immigration measure in recent years in U.S. history. It has received national and international attention and provoked considerable controversy.
The Obama challenged the law in federal court, and July 28, 2010, USA District Court Judge Susan Bolton ordered the execution of various parts of it. The law required that state officials and local police to check a person's immigration status, immigrants required to carry identification documents with them, and made it illegal for undocumented workers to seek employment in public.
The 9th Circuit upheld the decision of Bolton in April this year, finding that Congress "expressly requires the application of federal immigration law, state and local officials" should "be directed by the Attorney General."
