Ban on Day Laborers in Arizona Crumbles in 9th
Ban on Day Laborers in Arizona Crumbles in 9th
(CN) - Arizona's day-laborer ban goes too far, having little to do with traffic safety and much to do with limiting the rights of undocumented job seekers, the 9th Circuit ruled Monday.
The 35-page ruling upholds an injunction against two provisions of the state's much-maligned Senate Bill 1070 that target day laborers and those who attempt to hire them.
Colaicion De Derechos Humanos; United Food and Commercial Workers International Union; the Border Action Network and several other immigrant-rights groups sued various state officials in 2010, seeking an injunction to stop the anti-day-laborer provisions.
The provisions prohibited occupants of motor vehicles from hiring or attempting to hire "a person for work at another location from a stopped car that impedes traffic, or for a person to be hired in such a manner," according to the ruling.
Opponents claimed that the laws violate the First Amendment by restricting commercial speech. Arizona claimed that the laws merely meant to promote traffic safety.
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