[gdani]

Was the last effort appealed all the way to the SCOTUS, or did the Obama administration just say, “Oh, okay. Thank you.”

I misspoke. That's why I should not operate from memory. It was Clinton, not Obama. The case is Printz v. U.S.

Scalia wrote the opinion, finding it unconstitutional under the Tenth Amendment (which is where the anti-commandeering logic flows from).

[DoughtyOne]

Okay, no problem. I’m surprised Scalia did that, but it may be a sound tenet of law.

There has to be a way to get this taken care of.

[Electric Graffiti]

Section 274 felonies under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, INA 274A(a)(1)(A):

A person (including a group of persons, business, organization, or local government) commits a federal felony when she or he:

* assists an alien s/he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or assisting him or her to obtain employment, or

* encourages that alien to remain in the U.S. by referring him or her to an employer or by acting as employer or agent for an employer in any way, or

* knowingly assists illegal aliens due to personal convictions.