The Economic Case against Arizona's Immigration Laws

摘要: Arizona’s immigration laws have hurt its economy. The 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) attempts to force unauthorized immigrants out of the workplace with employee regulations and employer sanctions. 2010 Support Our Law Enforcement Safe Neighborhoods (SB 1070) complements LAWA by granting local police new legal tools enforce outside workplace. LAWA’s mandate E-Verify, a federal electronic verification system, “business death penalty,” which revokes business licenses for businesses that repeatedly hire workers, raise costs hiring all employees create regulatory uncertainty employers. As result, employers scale back hiring, move Arizona, or turn informal economy eliminate paper trail. SB 1070’s enforcement policies drove many from state, lowered state’s population, hobbled labor market, accelerated residential property price declines, exacerbated Great Recession in Arizona. LAWA, penalty are constitutional unlikely be overturned; however Supreme Court recently found some sections 1070 were preempted power. States now considering Arizona-style should realize also cause significant economic harm. bear much cost immigration, but rush find state solution, it damaged own