Support Legal Arizona Workers Initiative (2008)
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The Support Legal Arizona Workers is a proposed initiated state statute that would have prohibited employers from knowingly employing unauthorized aliens. On July 1, its supporters announced that they had not collected enough signatures to qualify it for the November 2008 ballot in Arizona.
Had it succeeded, it would have required the attorney general and county attorney to investigate complaints about employers who employ unauthorized aliens. It makes it unlawful for a person to file a false and frivolous complaint against an employer. If an employer knowingly employs an unauthorized alien, the act requires that the employer's business license be permanently revoked. It requires employers to verify their employees through a free federal basic pilot program. The act makes it a crime to take the identity of another to obtain employment.
Overview
This initiative would change current law by stopping anonymous tips for employers with illegal immigrants working for them, whereas in the current law requires no identity in order to report businesses.
Support
Legal Arizona Workers is the sponsor of the initiative, with Don Goldwater serving as the Chairman.
Opposition
Barry Goldwater Jr. wrote an editorial that called the initiative racist and extreme.[1]
See also
- Arizona 2008 Ballot Measures
- Arizona Initiative and Referendum Law
- Arizona signature requirements
- Petition drive deadlines in 2008
- Campaign finance requirements for Arizona ballot measures
