Court to Hear Arguments Over Arizona's Illegal Workers Law

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PHOENIX - The impassioned debate over the nation's immigration policy takes center stage at the Supreme Court Wednesday in a dispute over an Arizona law that punishes employers who knowingly hire workers illegally in the U.S.

Arizona's employer sanctions law has been used just three times in three years, but business interests and civil rights groups, backed by the Obama administration, have banded together to argue that only the federal government may enforce immigration laws.

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Court to Hear Arguments Over Arizona's Illegal Workers Law

The outcome in this case also could signal how the court would handle the controversial and more expansive Arizona immigration enforcem...

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