That is my instinctive reaction as well. This bill will be a tough one to get passed. The WSJ and big business in general will prefer the status quo, which is working just fine as far as they are concerned.
The status quo: a growing number of illegals willing to work, No effective government enforcement. Industry has no responsibility for anything other than wages and we taxpayers subsidize it all. Anything short of unrestricted access to cheep labor will be fought. Border and national security be damned.
FAIR says this is a good start. But can the Feds be trusted to enforce the law on this and punish/deport those who try to finesse it's rules??? Do you trust the Feds? I don't.