[DallasMike]

Actually, because fake IDs are so easy to come by, the vast majority of employers really do pay illegals the going rate. Places like McDonalds or Burger King are huge employers of illegal aliens. They try to weed out the illegals but there would be you-know-what to pay in lawsuits if they super-scrutinized Hispanics without super-scrutinizing everyone. Then then there's the problem of illegals who come here and have babies. Anyone born in the US is automatically a US citizen. Do we deport mom and then stick the kids in an orphanage?

The best long-term answer is to tightly control our borders but the problem of existing illegals is much more complex. I don't have a good, easy answer -- and I don't support amnesty programs either.

[american spirit]

The easy answer is to end all these benefits they get paid for by US taxpayers. Give them 6 months to get their affairs in order and when the $ stop they either work or go home. Isn't that what we're told any way?....."all they want to do is come here and work". Also, I can just imagine the welfare fraud is out of control, especially in places like Dallas and Houston with the use of multiple ID's. Any more, when police are looking for an illegal they announced their given name plus all the aliases they go by.

[Chemist_Geek]

One thing to require first - any proposal ought to be first applied to its advocates, then to the target illegal immigrants.

For example, requiring solid proof of citizenship before interacing with the government. Let's see how long the lines get at the DMV then.

[dljordan]

No, we deport mom and baby.