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Issue Briefs and Other Resources

    LEGAL ARIZONA WORKERS ACT

Erecting Its Own Tombstone: Arizona's Mandatory Basic Pilot/E-Verify Law.  Arizona's requirement that employers verify workers' employment eligibility via Basic Pilot/E-Verify has yielded negative results for the state, its businesses, and its workers.  Other states considering similar measures would do well to pay attention to these results.  (4/08)

LEGAL ARIZONA WORKERS ACT: LAWSUIT CHALLENGING ITS PROVISIONS
Arizona Contractors Association, Inc., et al. v. Criss Candelaria, et al.

Appeal to the 9th Circuit of the federal district court decision -- opening brief: 

• Plaintiffs'/Appellants' Consolidated Opening Brief to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, filed April 1, 2008

• (The original complaint filed in federal district court is available below.)

Appeal to the 9th Circuit of the federal district court decision -- amicus briefs: 

• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

• Small Business Legal Center, and Associated Builders and Contractors

• United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

NEWS RELEASE: Civil Rights Coalition to Argue in [Federal District] Court That Arizona Employer Sanctions Law is Illegal  (11/14/07) 

NEWS RELEASE: Civil Rights Coalition Challenges Arizona Employer Sanctions Law.  Lawsuit filed in federal district court challenges new Arizona law that threatens employers with permanent loss of business licenses based on invalid new state requirements; alleges that the law conflicts with federal immigration law and the U.S. Constitution. (9/4/07)

• Anuncio en Español

• News release in PDF

• Complaint (Arizona Contractors Association, Inc., et al. v. Criss Candelaria, et al.)

    issue papers

Why States and Localities Should Not Require Employers to Participate in the Basic Pilot/E-Verify Program (1/08)

• Talking Points: Oppose State and Local Proposals to Make Basic Pilot Mandatory (1 page) (Posted 3/1/07)

State and Local Proposals That Punish Employers for Hiring Undocumented Workers Are Unenforceable, Unnecessary, and Bad Public Policy (PDF) (1/08)

Immigrants' Rights Update Articles (back to IRU index)

Flawed District Court Decision Upholds Missouri Local Ordinance Sanctioning Employers of Unauthorized Workers (2/27/08)

Most State Bills Mandating Use of the Employment Eligibility Verification Basic Pilot Fail in 2007 (10/5/07)

Lawsuit Challenges Arizona’s Employer Sanctions Law as Being in Conflict with Federal Law (10/5/07)

New Arizona Law Requires Employers to Use Flawed Employment Eligibility Verification Basic Pilot (7/20/07)