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The state legislation requires every Arizona business to verify the legal status of each new employee. That's also a requirement of long-established federal law, but the feds rarely enforce it. Under the new Arizona statute, a first violation can result in a suspension of the business license. A second offense can mean permanent revocation -- in effect, an order to go out of business.
Napolitano warned the Legislature that it may have gone too far. Without any exclusion for vital public services, she said, a hospital or power plant could be shut down for hiring undocumented workers.
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