Arizona?EUR??,,????'???s law, scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, is being challenged by several other plaintiffs too, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

The law provides that a business would face a 10-day suspension of its license the first time it knowingly hires an illegal immigrant. The second offense results in the revocation of the license.

The lives of Arizonans and other Americans are poised to be devastated by the state?EUR??,,????'???s new employer sanctions law aimed at immigrants, according to Tomas Bialet of the Latino Center in Cottonwood.

?EUR??,,????'??I have talked to business owners. They are very, very concerned,?EUR??,,????'?? said Bialet.

The lives of Arizonans and other Americans are poised to be devastated by the state?EUR??,,????'???s new employer sanctions law aimed at immigrants, according to Tomas Bialet, director of the Latino Center in Cottonwood.

?EUR??,,????'??If 50,000 immigrants leave because of the law, the effect will be that three times that amount, both legal and illegal, will leave the state.

?EUR??,,????'??I have talked to business owners. They are very, very concerned,?EUR??,,????'?? Bialet said.

Bialet also publishes the El Latino newspaper, which is distributed in the Sedona and Phoenix areas.

?EUR??,,????'??These people rent apartments, they rent and own houses, they buy cars, they have kids in school. Business owners will see their employee numbers reduced so much they will not be able to run them,?EUR??,,????'?? Bialet said. ?EUR??,,????'??Imagine just what it will do to Wal-Mart.?EUR??,,????'??

A Sedona hospitality industry expert agrees.

Ralph Woellmer, who sits on the board of directors of the Sedona Lodging Council, owns the Matterhorn Inn, and is general manager of the Arroyo Roble Resort said, ?EUR??,,????'??The lodging and restaurant industry is woefully short of employees now. If the law goes into effect, in six weeks the economy will go into the toilet.?EUR??,,????'??

Source: Sedona Red Rock News, Mike Cosentino-Larson Newspapers.