How can they? The INS won't take them. You've been informed of this many times but have chose to ignore it. The Feds have repeatedly told the state and local authorities that enforcing immigration law is a federal matter.
This is why states are having to resort to cutting off benefits to the illegals. Unfortunately, these laws are almost always overturned by judge shopping.
The only way to make this work is the criminalize the hiring of illegals. And when I mean criminalize, I mean serious jail time. Unlike the failed war or drugs, companies don't hire and work illegals in the privacy of their own homes.
Also, any illegals should be transported to a deportation center near the border immediately and held until they are deported. If they leave families behind, tough.
Do you have any problems with this approach?
That was under Clinton. Bush had Gonzales take another look at the law and issued an Executive Order finding that local agencies do have authority to enforce immigration laws.
The CBP followed up by instituting training programs for any local agencies desiring training.
Here is one article about a bill in Arkansas to establish state enforcement, but such a bill probably isn't necessary.
Agreed. But we simultaneously have to reform our immigration laws to permit the amount of immigrant labor that businesses will need to stay in business.
Enact the guest laborer program and impose strict penalties on employers who violate it.
But right now no one is going to bust employers for doing the only thing they can to stay in business, especially when they are providing jobs to citizens also and paying lots of local taxes.