U.S. Chamber of Commerce Challenges Arizona Law in Supreme Court
August 3, 2009 | In the News
On July 24th the U.S. Chamber of Commerce along with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and a coalition of cheap labor and immigrant interest groups filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court asking them to overturn the Ninth Circuit’s favorable ruling in Chicanos Por LaCausa v. Napolitano. In that case the Ninth Circuit found that the Legal Arizona Worker’s Act was not preempted by federal law. This law, among other things, prohibits the hiring of illegal aliens and requires Arizona employers to use E-Verify. Noncompliance with the law could result terminate the business licenses of those employers who hire illegal aliens. Read the rest of this entry »
