Saturday, December 22, 2007
Penalty for hiring illegal immigrants survives test


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JOURNAL WIRE REPORT


PHOENIX — A federal judge refused yesterday to block the Jan. 1 implementation of an Arizona law that penalizes businesses that knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
Judge Neil Wake of U.S. District Court denied requests for a temporary restraining order or an emergency injunction to block the law from taking effect.
Wake said that those who would suffer most from blocking the law would be legal low-skill workers who lose jobs and get depressed wages because of competition from illegal immigrants.
Business interests and other advocacy groups challenging the law have already asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco for an injunction blocking the law