Originally Posted by Phoenix .. Crack down hard on illegals and those who hire them, encouraging illegals to leave the country quickly and fining businesses caught hiring them PHOENIX — The impassioned debate over the nation’s immigration policy takes center stage at the Supreme Court Wednesday in a dispute over an Arizona law that punishes employers who knowingly hire workers illegally in the U.S. Prosecutors have used Arizona’s employer sanctions law just three times in three years, but business interests and civil rights groups, backed by the Obama administration, have banded together to argue that only the federal government may enforce immigration laws. Court To Hear Arguments Over Arizona Immigration Law | News One