Thanks. I've always wondered how they got away with that. I have heard, btw, that most employers know they're hiring illegals, but these phoney papers give them enough cover not to get arrested. Actually, it's pretty obvious that the government knows it, too. I vaguely recall some effort to send out letters and, yes, you're right, there was hysteria from the usual suspects.
Personally, I'm in favor of the guest worker program, because it will (in theory) provide a means of getting definitive identification of the participants and also (in theory) make it possible to locate them and make sure they come and go in the appropriate way and on time. However, any program is only as good as its enforcement, and it remains to be seen if there is any serious intention to enforce the regulations. One of the problems we have in discussing this is that very little in the way of a concrete proposal has actually been offered, so we don't actually know what the proposals are relating to enforcement (or even the rules to be enforced).
That's a good point.