Arizona in the News

I am with the Supreme Court on this one. It's time those with the money, power and control be held to their responsibility. Nothing will change until this happens.  And no, I don't think it's a stretch.  The emphasis is mine:

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Arizona may revoke the business licenses of companies that knowingly employ illegal immigrants, rejecting arguments that the state’s law intrudes on the federal government’s power to control immigration.

The court ruled 5 to 3 that Congress specifically allowed states such an option, and dismissed the objections of an unusual coalition that challenged the state law: the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, civil rights groups, labor unions and the Obama administration.

The 1986 federal Immigration Reform and Control Act generally preempts states from using employer sanctions to control immigration. But Arizona took advantage of a parenthetical clause in the statute — “other than through licensing and similar laws” — to go after companies that knowingly and intentionally hired undocumented workers.

And let's not forget that this ruling has nothing to do with the more recent law that would see police stopping people to question their immigration status.  That case may indeed reach the Supreme Court soon.