TLNT
In this article, Littler’s Ian Macdonald examines the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Arizona’s immigration law and what it means for employers.
He discusses three principles that the decision makes clear: (1) the federal government’s role in setting immigration policy supersedes the efforts of all states; (2) despite the decision, certain state immigration laws requiring employers to enroll in E-Verify will remain in operation until the federal government says otherwise; and (3) the stage is set for a comprehensive reform of existing immigration law by the federal government sometime in 2013 regardless of who is elected as the country’s next president.