Comment by Christine

Entered on: 3/7/2008 5:01:01 PM

Good editorial!

Comment by GilaRiverRider

Entered on: 3/7/2008 5:17:04 PM

The Employer Sanctions Law is working; so why is the Arizona Legislature entertaining bills which will effectively gut this program?

Comment by Fascist Nation

Entered on: 3/7/2008 6:44:13 PM

I imagine the horrid economy throughout the USA is primarily responsible for aliens leaving for home. In Arizona, the employer sanctions law certainly made it even less tempting to return from Christmas to AZ.

Like illegal drugs, these laws are only an interference in the free market. The free market always provides. ALWAYS. It matters not what the laws state. All the laws do is increase the price of the product ... in this case cheap labor. And in a time when our dollar is eroding, causing prices to increase through legislation is a real smart move. Were I a businessman facing the possibility of imprisonment for trying to provide goods and service to my fellow citizens, I would choose another state. F those Arizonans.

Comment by 4409

Entered on: 3/8/2008 12:22:13 AM

Those laws are not doing anything legal or illegal. The lack of any work is driving immigrants out of Arizona. No housing industry = no jobs.

Comment by GilaRiverRider

Entered on: 3/8/2008 5:23:36 PM

Actually, both answers are somewhat correct. There are still construction jobs and, there are jobs in the interior of the US in the meatpacking industry and, there are jobs in the hotel and resort industry.

On the other hand, in first hand interviews with the governor's of both Sonora, Chihuahua, and Sinaloa all have expressed the stress the maximum influx of individuals returning has caused on their local social services and the schools. The cause they cite are Arizona's Employer Sanction Laws.

Furthermore, interviews with former Undocumented Workers from Arizona all have confirmed that even if there were jobs to be had, employers are looking too carefully and do not want to risk being caught hiring them.

If the Sanctions were having no effect, our legislature would not need to "revise" them. But since they are being "revised" it strongly suggests that the fast food industry, the restaurant group, and the hotel workers unions have been pressuring some in the Arizona legislature lately.

Are you aware that there's a Prototype Guest Worker Program being moved through the state legislature? With it is the "asking permission" bill to the federal government to "try this" at the local state level.

Imagine, an Arizona Guest Worker Program! Look it up and you'll see its for real.