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Business bloc takes aim at new law

The East Valley Tribune

A group of Arizona businesses is trying to persuade the public that a new immigration law, intended to punish companies that hire illegal immigrants, could kill jobs and wreck the state’s economy.

The group, called Wake Up Arizona!, launched a publicrelations campaign Tuesday saying it’s considering a ballot initiative to counter the law, considered one of the toughest in the nation. Starting next year, companies that knowingly hire undocumented workers will have their state business licenses suspended or revoked.

Mac Magruder, chairman of the group and owner of a chain of McDonald’s franchises, said the law will cripple local economies and cause job losses that will affect both illegal immigrants and legal residents.

Posted by Editor at July 18, 2007 07:57 AM

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