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Mandatory E-Verify law rarely enforced in state
Arizona’s 2008 law mandating that all employers use the federal E-Verify system has fallen through the cracks on every level of enforcement, raising questions as to whether the system can be successfully implemented nationwide, as several Republican presidential candidates suggest.
McCain: Immigration law wouldn’t negate Arizona law
A federal immigration overhaul unveiled Thursday would trump state law but wouldn't necessarily nullify Arizona's first-in-the nation crackdown on illegal immigration, said U.S. Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republic leading the effort to change the nation's immigration policies.
Suit challenges prosecutions under smuggling law
Before leading the way for other states to pursue immigration laws, Arizona passed a ban on human smuggling in 2005 that has led to more than 2,100 arrests and drawn criticism for a tactic in which people who pay to be sneaked into the country are charged as conspirators to the crime.
