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Arizona Putting the Sqeeze on Companies that Employ Undocumented Workers

16:41 H | Topics: Arizona - Business - Immigration

Arizona is on the record books for having the most recorded number of undocumented immigrants entering the state. This fact combined with the recent failure of the U.S. Congress to come to an agreement on immigration reform, has led to Arizona being the first state to target employer practices regarding the hiring of undocumented workers.

Its new law effectively sets up a two-strikes penalty. A business employing an illegal immigrant would have its business license suspended temporarily. A second offense would mean a permanent revocation of that license.

The law went into effect on Monday. Currently 40 other states have similiar bills related to employment of undocumented workers (199 bills as of late April of this year) but the Arizona's law is the toughest. Now enforcement will be an issue as well as flaws in the bill which could shut down businesses wrongfully and impact state services such as hospitals. Also, this will impact the immigrant population , who documented or not will most certainly face discrination.

Via / Yahoo!

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