The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday refused to issue an injunction against the enforcement of the Legal Arizona Workers Act pending a case appealing a lower court’s decision upholding the law.
The new law, effective January 1, 2008, punishes employers who hire illegal immigrants. Prosecutors who had previously agreed not to bring charges against violaters of the new law prior to March 1 may now do so.
Source: http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/02/federal-appeals-court-denies-injunction.php
