Finding work on the streets without getting arrested by the police might get easier for day laborers in Arizona under a new federal court decision.

On Sept. 16, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 9-2 that a 1989 Redondo Beach, Calif. anti-solicitation ordinance aimed at day laborers was unconstitutional, because it “regulates significantly more speech than is necessary to achieve the city’s purpose of improving traffic safety and traffic flow.”

“It’s another affirmation that day laborers have the First Amendment right to seek work in public spaces,” said Chris Newman, legal programs director for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON). “This is the law of the land to the western U.S.”