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May 27, 2011

Arizona Immigrant Worker Bill Upheld 
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The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld an Arizona law that allows the state
to shut down businesses that hire undocumented immigrants. The law has
been opposed by both business and immigrant rights organizations. In his
dissenting opinion, Justice Stephen Breyer expressed concern that
employers in Arizona may now err on the side of not hiring anyone who
even looks like he or she could be an undocumented immigrant. The ruling
is separate from another controversial Arizona immigration law now
making its way through the court system. That law, S.B. 1070, empowers
state and local law enforcement to stop, question and arrest whoever
they suspect may be an undocumented immigrant.



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