Court won’t ban law penalizing businesses for hiring illegals
Court won’t ban law penalizing businesses for hiring illegals
Los Angeles Times
A federal appeals court on Thursday refused to block a controversial Arizona law that shuts down businesses for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.
The action by the three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco clears the way for the statute to be enforced beginning Saturday.
In a brief order, the judges said that business and immigrant-rights groups had not shown an adequate need for delaying enforcement of the law. After the measure went into effect Jan. 1, county prosecutors said they would not file any cases until March 1 to allow the courts time to decide on whether to issue the injunction. A trial court judge earlier this month found the law to be constitutional.
The 9th Circuit panel will consider that issue at hearings later this spring, but would not be expected to rule for many months.