Posted on 12/22/2007 11:10:13 AM PST by HiJinx
That's your job, sweetie, not the Judge's.
Update Ping!
This is a more in-depth report of the hearing from yesterday wherein a federal judge denied a stay from enforcement of Arizona’s employer sanctions law.
Nana and I were talking...for a company to prove harm as a result of this law, they’d have to admit to violating federal labor and immigration laws. Now, that would be an interesting case to litigate...
This is encouraging news, especially in light of the earlier decisions that have effectively said, "Immigration enforcement is a Federal issue" while we have an Administration that is not enforcing those laws.
Note the plaintiffs atty (Price) tried to argue that the ‘96 law expressly forbids states from doing what this law does.
The judge countered with the truth. This State law is within the bounds of the ‘96 immigration legislation by dealing with business licenses as a form of punishment.
I like this judge.
Sorry, her name is Pace, not Price...
Yes, this is the key.
I hate the fact that we've gotten to this point, though. What a game.
"Business licenses"...that's another topic. :-)
Tell me about it...try going nationwide...
I would be happy with a law against using fake or other’s SS#’s. It should be a crime with stiff puninshment directed against those who violate it. (/sarc)
We ought to make bronze plaque of this judge’s judgement.
It will be interesting to see if small businesses are hit harder by this law than big businesses. Who will actually be shut down?
Will newspapers that have hired illegal aliens be shut down?
Will TV and radio stations that have hired illegal aliens be shut down?
Will banks that have hired illegal aliens be shut down?
Will entire supermarket chains that have hired illegal aliens be shut down?
Will gasoline trucking companies that have hired illegal aliens be shut down?
Will power companies that have hired illegal aliens be shut down?
Will hospitals that have hired illegal aliens be shut down?
Will cell phone companies that have hired illegal aliens be shut down?
Will cable companies that have hired illegal aliens be shut down?
Will school districts that have hired illegal aliens be shut down?
Will governments that have hired illegal aliens be shut down?
If not, smaller businesses will be able to argue that they have been unfairly targeted.
If not, expect the immigrant labor to migrate to the protected industries.
I have to admit I'm shocked by this news. There a freeper on another thread yesterday who said he had a c-note on the 9th circus blowing this law away. I almost replied back nobody was going to take him up on that bet with the 9th circus' history.
More good news out of AZ.
Hooray!
Almost unbelievably the 9th Circus does the correct thing!
More good news out of AZ.....
as the illegals re-located....more bad news for all other states!!!!!
Well, yes. There’s that. But many are returning to their home countries too because of AZ’s crackdown. Or so they say.
Since the federal government keeps jerking us around and isn’t getting its act together, I think a lot of state legislatures are watching how this plays out in AZ.
Hopefully it’ll give them a model to work from in the end.
Since the state is cracking down on employers who hire illegals, does anyone know if local voting registrars are likewise required to verify the status of voters? Any penalties for knowingly registering illegals? Not likely of course, but I do not know.
I know from experience that Arizona State University has found illegals working on campus - usually employees of subcontractors. When this happens, the first call the cops make is to ICE.
The 9th Circuit will probably wait until this judge has a full hearing and renders judgement on the constitutionality of the law before taking up the appeal that will surely follow. If I read correctly, that hearing is set for 1/16/08.
Arizona has a primary requirement that voters show 2 forms of picture ID to register to vote, and that they must be on the registrar’s rolls to actually cast a ballot.
There are substitutes for picture ID, such as utility bills, that make it easier for an illegal to register...
What I don’t know is whether the rolls were purged before the new requirements went into effect.
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