Supreme Court· 2/25/1976

De Canas v. Bica

Citations

424 U.S. 351
96 S. Ct. 933
47 L. Ed. 2d 43
1976 U.S. LEXIS 142

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holding that IRCA does not diminish state's authority to award workers' compensation benefits to undocumented alien workers
holding that California statute prohibiting an employer from knowingly employing an alien who is not entitled to lawful residence in the United States was not preempted under federal law
holding that “standing alone, the fact that aliens are the subject of a state statute does not render it a regulation of immigration”
holding that a California law prohibiting an employer from knowingly employing an illegal alien was not unconstitutional as a regulation of immigration or as being preempted under the Supremacy Clause
recognizing that “acceptance by illegal aliens of jobs on substandard terms as to wages and working conditions can seriously depress wage scales and working conditions of citizens and legally admitted aliens” (emphasis added)
holding that a California law prohibiting an employer from knowingly employing an illegal alien was not unconstitutional as a regulation of immigration or as being preempted under the Supremacy Clause

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Judges: Brennan, Stevens

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