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I agree with a lot of what you say but I'm not sure you understand the depth of the problem. Sure, they're here to work (a good thing) but many businesses that used to employ Americans have slowly replaced those folks with illegals that don't pay FIT or FICA themselves plus the employer gets to evade several types of payroll taxes that he used to pay so that add'l burden is shifted to other taxpayers and it's getting worse all the time.

Add to that these same employers can also pay them a minimal wage knowing full well that taxpayers will also be forced to supplement their employee's expenses for food, medical, housing, etc. Is this not the true definition of corporate socialism and an insane way to deal with this problem? These policies have been devastating to many hospitals, school systems, jails, etc. and it's only going to get worseas these idiots try to sneak through the FTAA and the American Union.

All this from the same groups of leaders that run deficit after deficit every year and have essentially bankrupted our country and are pulling every trick in the book to keep the illusion alive that we actually have the funds to be the world's welfare sugar daddy. You can't take such a simplistic outlook on this very serious problem if you want to see this country survive in it's present form........illegal immigration is without a doubt a key component of the DE-construction of this country.

I agree. And I certainly do understand the depth of the problem. I think, though, to solve a problem we need to understand its reality, and I don't think the vast majority come here for welfare. Most come here to work. And yes, that in itself is a problem. We agree on that. But if we treat it as a "welfare" problem, then we spend our time and effort in the wrong direction. It's a BORDER ENFORCEMENT problem first, and a business problem second.

I would dedicate resources 70/30 to border security and then business back-checking.