This is kind of inside-bureaucracy baseball, but I’d like to credit the Arkansas attorney general’s office for what appears to be a common-sense official opinion on the Arkansas Workers Compensation Commission’s interest in questioning workers about their immigration status on a piece of agency paperwork.
In short, says the a.g.: if the fear is that this document is being misused as proof of legal entry (which seems a stretch to me) the state need not get into the immigration enforcement business. It can make clear on the document that it does not constitute proof of legal residency.
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The summary of the opinion:
