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45- Everything you say is so true. I still don't believe enough is being done to protect our long, desolate borders. As to the businesses wanting cheap labor-I believe we need to strike a balance somewhere. We can't demand higher wages immediately-as stated here, it would drastically effect the price of goods but we should put the wrath of God onto employers who hire illegals. Many years ago before I retired, I worked in a government position where I had to hire federal employees. Regulations were very strict about ascertaining if people applying for jobs were citizens or legal imigrants. I stuck to these regulations to the letter. Every employer should be required to do the same or suffer the consequences.
If a few of these employers were heavily fined or spent a little time in jail, the word would get out fast. Why should businessmen get away with hiring under the table?

Why should businessmen get away with hiring under the table?

They shouldn't, but the way the system works, special interests donate to political PACs, and elected politicians feel obligated to pander to those PACs. Campaign Finance Reform means that the money stream simply gets rearranged. There is no political will to do anything about the illegal alien problem. It will take a national catastrophe like the introduction of an epidemic disease that has about a 50% mortality rate, traceable to illegals, or a WMD set off in the heart of Los Angeles, again traceable to an illegal southern border crossing, for the politicians to actually do something about this problem.

The agencies charged with dealing with the border are more interested in prosecuting those citizen groups which are patrolling the border in order to protect their properties than they are in stemming the tide. I think another approach would be to completely defund the INS and just open the border entirely. That way we could at least save several billions of tax dollars. (yes, I'm being facetious - sort of.)