[Modernman]

Then go after them, with my blessing. I have no objection to making the penalties for knowingly hiring illegals a lot stronger than they are now.

The penalties can now tehnically be up to $10,000 per illegal. However, every time the Feds raid a meatpacker, construction company or retail chain, the CEO of that company goes crying to their Congressman (whether Republican or Democrat) and the Congressman makes the raids stop.

The supply of illegals will never go down unless the demand for their labor decreases.

[Poohbah]

The penalties can now tehnically be up to $10,000 per illegal. However, every time the Feds raid a meatpacker, construction company or retail chain, the CEO of that company goes crying to their Congressman (whether Republican or Democrat) and the Congressman makes the raids stop.

There's another problem: juries have refused to convict, even with very solid evidence.

[asgardshill]

The supply of illegals will never go down unless the demand for their labor decreases.

Thank you. And every illegal hired means a citizen flipping burgers or even not working at all.