Not at all. I think illegal immigrants should be deported instantly. I only wish we had a way to do so.
As it is, we don't even know who they are.
It is really quite simple to find out who the illegals are. Make a ID card mandatory, with your social security number tied in. Anyone caught hiring someone without proper ID is fined heavily, anyone caught with a fake ID is imprisoned and deported. We need a national ID card anyway, to clean up the mess during the elections and cut down on the possibility of terrorists moving freely amongst us. If Bush were serious about fighting terrorists at home, and making us safer, that would be step one.
Nonsense. Where I live, NYC, they are swarming all over the place, refuse to learn English, make demands on the infrastructure, openly drink all day long, trespasss on private property with no consequence, and create a nuisance as they stand along the roadways.
These peopole want to work for cash. The employers who hire them want to avoid payroll, worker's comp, and social security taxes. It is a mutual relationship based on evading taxes that the rest of employers must pay.
Do you really believe that this will end with the worker card program???
Additionally, we have literally tens of thousands of these people committing crimes, why are they not deported?
The same way the seniors got their proscription drug program after making a stir about it, I think immigration reform is long overdue as most Americans are mortified as to the detremental effect they are having.