With House GOP Prepping Mandatory E-Verify Legislation Supreme Court Sustains Az. Employer Sanctions Law

As the House preps legislation that would make E-Verify mandatory nationally, the Supreme Court has ruled that Arizona's other immigration legislation which revokes the business licenses of businesses that knowingly hire undocumented immigrants.

After the Supreme court rendered their verdict, Chairmen of the House Judiciary Committee Lamar Smith noted that the House would be moving forward on their own legislation to make E-Verify mandatory:

Smith said he would soon introduce a bill expanding E-Verify and making it mandatory for businesses, many of which have been expecting it this congressional session and have been meeting with Smith and his staff to discuss their concerns. E-Verify will help "turn off the jobs magnet that encourages illegal immigration," Smith said Thursday.

As for the Supreme Court case,  Joan Biskupic of USA TODAY has the full rundown:

By a 5-3 vote, the court rejected arguments from a coalition of business and civil rights groups, including the Chamber of Commerce and ACLU, that the Arizona law conflicts with overriding federal immigration policy and could lead to race discrimination.

This verdict puts a wrinkle in the federal domain argument that the Government has used to fight Arizona's other immigration law SB1070:

key question in challenges to state efforts is whether they are trampling on the domain of the federal government. Congress generally has authority over immigration and for decades has established comprehensive schemes for the admission and treatment of foreigners. In Thursday's case, Chief Justice John Roberts said the 2007 Arizona law penalizing companies that hire illegal immigrants meets a "licensing" exception to the general federal rule dictating that states not set their own civil or criminal penalties in the immigration area.

More on this as it develops.