A new law was signed on Monday by Arizona governor Janet Napolitano that made it a crime to hire illegal immigrants and requires all businesses to verfity employment eligibility of workers through a federal database. Napolitano is a fierce fighter against illegal immigration and has even vetoed an immigration bill last year that would've given employers amnesty if they heeded the warnings to stop hiring illegal immigrants. In other words, businesses would not have been closed. Beginning in January of 2008, this new bill is hoped to remove the immigrants' incentives to sneak across the border. Napolitano hopes to remove Arizona's reputation as one of the busiest illegal gateways into the nation. If a business is caught wil only one illegal immigrant, the business is subject to foreclosure; hospitals, nursing homes, and power plants are not exempt from this bill.
I disagree with this bill. This would put an enormous dent into our economy. While a good bill ideally, there is no possible way this bill can be put into effect so late into the immigration splurge. Too many illegal immigrants are here that to close all businesses because they've hired just a single illegal immigrant would mean massive numbers of our businesses would close; many of our farms would close. At the very least, public service businesses should be made exceptions to this bill, especially hospitals. This bill is a horrible attempt to curb illegal immigration. Instead of stopping the flow, it will destroy our nation from the inside.
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I think this bill is not useful. Illegal immigrants can go downtown, pay about 20 bucks, and receive a fake SS card and a fake green card in a matter of a few minutes. Most employers do not have the time to double check every possible job applicant's SS and citizen card while maintaining the business. I don't think this bill will be successful in curbing the illegal immigration status.
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