Welcome to 2008.
To kick off the new year, a new law is now in effect in Arizona. Any business that is found to have knowingly hired an illegal worker is subject to punishment which can range from probation all the way to a 10-day suspension of their business license. A second violation will result in having their license revoked permanetly.
Apparently in addition to businesses running their day-to-day operations, they must now be in the business of verifying someone's legal residence in this country.
I was under the impression that job belonged soley to the federal government.
The problem with illegal immigration isn't the millions of people being here illegally. It's with the government having made something illegal and then lacking the gumption to enforce its own laws. Rather than actually catch those in the country illegally, the feds sit back and do nothing while politicians, always pandering for votes, debate over amnesty, guest worker programs and the like. The states then take it upon themselves to burden businesses with the task of verifying a person's legal residence. But it's not up to McDonald's, Lowe's or Pep Boys to do the federal government's work!
Laws needs to be enforced or they need to be taken off the books. Unenforced laws are useless and pointless.
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It is not the Federal Governments job to verify legal status of an employee, it is the employers job.
Every job I have ever had required me to show them identification and my social security card. Why should immigrants get special treatment, by not having to show i.d. and social security card.
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