Make it a felony to hire, aid, or abet and illegal alien, or to provide health care, education, welfare, or any other assistance, and they will deport themselves.
Let’s do all of the things you mentioned. Plus...
Put a bounty on their heads and give the cops bonuses for every catch and deport.
That is a mix of vacuous misconception and some really good common sense. The good part is that stopping the hand outs will lead to rapid and efficient and non disruptive self deportation - and in a few years the entire situation will be much smaller. Making it a felony to hire runs afoul of several things, including A: blaming business for a government caused problem is obscene and B: assuming that it's easy or even possible to know who's legal and who's not is just totally wrong and an opinion only held by those who have never hired labor in their entire life and C: being an illegal alien is not a felony - WTF would you make it more devastating to commit a lesser offense and D: be careful what kind of big government raiding of businesses and homes you support - you and your situation may be next. E: do you want to pick the vegetables or make the beds at Motel 6? Or maybe you want to mow the grass or mop the floors. You let me know which you and your buddies want to do.
Best plan yet
we have a winner
I did notice that there is nothing in Trump's plan that cracks down on the companies that break the law by hiring the illegals. Any plan should include an immediate and severe crackdown on them, with heavy fines and actual jail time being the minimum penalty.
One trial and conviction of a high level CEO will put an immediate stop to illegal alien hiring.
It already is. If every employer simply followed the laws on the books, there would be no need for new laws or deportation.
When I was in a position to do hiring and such back in the 80s, I had to have each potential employee fill out an INS form and present three forms of official ID, two with photos. Failure to do so resulted in sever penalties.
Why is it the INS/ICE doesn't ask for this info anymore? Why don't employers ask for this info any more?
It's ALREADY a felony:
1907. Title 8, U.S.C. 1324(a) OffensesIt's ALREADY a felony. BUT, only a federal prosecutor can prosecute.
Title 8, U.S.C. § 1324(a) defines several distinct offenses related to aliens. Subsection 1324(a)(1)(i)-(v) prohibits alien smuggling, domestic transportation of unauthorized aliens, concealing or harboring unauthorized aliens, encouraging or inducing unauthorized aliens to enter the United States, and engaging in a conspiracy or aiding and abetting any of the preceding acts. Subsection 1324(a)(2) prohibits bringing or attempting to bring unauthorized aliens to the United States in any manner whatsoever, even at a designated port of entry. Subsection 1324(a)(3).
... The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), enacted on September 30, 1996, added a new 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(3)(A) which makes it an offense for any person, during any 12-month period, to knowingly hire at least 10 individuals with actual knowledge that these individuals are unauthorized aliens. See this Manual at 1908 (unlawful employment of aliens).