A proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot asks voters to revise the nine-month-old employer sanctions law by making changes that supporters say will protect honest businesses and that immigration hard-liners say will weaken a powerful tool against illegal immigration.
The proposed changes include tightening a rule on reporting violations, raising the standard for proving cases and strengthening a legal protection for those who follow the law.
"The current law has gaping holes in it," said Andrew Pacheco, leader of the campaign for Proposition 202, explaining that the law now applies to only licensed businesses and that his proposal would change that.
Maricopa County Andrew Thomas, who has made combating illegal immigration a top priority in his office, said such new rules would make it nearly impossible to bring employer sanctions cases. "Prop. 202 is a fraud on the voters," Thomas said.
The original law, which was intended to lessen economic incentives for immigrant workers to sneak across the border, has brought a chorus of criticism from businesses.
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If they are looking for a reason to allow the policy to remain unchanged, the "chorus of criticism from businesses" has answered the question. The policy should be left unchanged.
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