Joe Arpaio Faces Another Class Action
Arpaio has used those laws for six years “to carry out a campaign of workplace raids targeting undocumented immigrants,” the complaint states. The raids have “separated breadwinners from their families, suppressed workers’ rights, eroded the social fabric of the community, and ultimately harmed many U.S. citizens as well as immigrants.”
The plaintiffs claim Arpaio’s raid improperly divert taxpayers’ funds from essential public safety and services to prosecute workers. They add: “Arizona’s effort to single out employment by undocumented workers intrudes upon an area of exclusive federal control. The worker identity provisions interfere and conflict with federal laws established by Congress and implemented by the executive branch regulating immigration and employment, and thus violate the Supremacy Clause. They also discriminate on the basis of alienage in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.”
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