[exmarine]

There is no need for a mass roundup. We simply prosecute any employer that hires an illegal alien. Of course, I realize the U.S. government is into selective enforcement of laws (which is a form of tyranny since we are a nation of laws not men who can enforce any law they want or don't want), so this won't happen. But it is a solution, no doubt, and it is a solution that would be relatively easy to enforce - we know who the employers are for the most part. Please don't come back with an economic consequences argument - it's the law. The law is blind, remember?

[Modernman]

We simply prosecute any employer that hires an illegal alien.

That's been my favourite approach all along. Look at the war on drugs- we've tried to stop drugs by targeting the supply, and that's worked smashingly, hasn't it? Trying to target the supply of illegals is just as ineffective.

Now, if the average employer (including white middle-class America, who hire illegal nannies and maids) knew they were going to be hit with a $10,000 fine for every illegal they employ, the economics of hiring illegals would change overnight. Cut off the demand, and the supply goes away.

You do that, you'll start to see what you're now seeing in Muslim neighborhoods in the US- a gradual attrition of the population as it becomes too much of a hassle to remain here.