Supreme Court Mulls Arizona Immigration Law - WSJ.com: "An Arizona law shutting down companies that hire illegal aliens seemed likely to survive its Supreme Court test, after several justices on Wednesday rejected claims that the state exceeded the limited powers Congress left it to enforce immigration policies.
The Legal Arizona Workers Act requires local prosecutors to investigate complaints that unauthorized aliens are working in their communities and, unless the allegations are "false and frivolous," to file suit in state court to suspend the employer's business licenses.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, leading a coalition of business and civil-rights groups and backed by the Obama administration, says the Arizona measure violates the 1986 federal Immigration Reform and Control Act, whereby federal regulations supersede any "state or local law imposing civil or criminal sanctions (other than through licensing and similar laws)."" Dec. 8, 2010
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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