[garandgal]

Who pays the cost to business for compliance?

Why on earth would anyone pay the "cost" of a company's obligation to hire legal workers? Who pays for your company's accountant to "comply" with tax laws? Who pays for your company to comply with OSHA laws? If there was a five-year jail term in the FedPen for the CEO of a business hiring illegals it wouldn't be a problem.

They know exactly who they are hiring, and routinely ignore fake documents. I worked for a company that hired them...they laughed about it. What a deal! Foist off a good portion of your labor cost onto the local taxpayers!

[bybybill]

The key words in your post are, "you worked for"',which proves you don`t have a clue about the cost the government puts on innocent businesses.They have to prove that they are innocent. Is that fair? Would you like to do that ourself? Who pays for OSHA REPORTING in my company? Well, its not the janitor, its me. And I try to pass every cost to my customers, just like every other biz.
An example of what you want would be that every driver would have to prove they weren`t speeding. How do you do that and why should you have to?
Finally, if you work for a company that is knowingly breaking the law, and you know it, do your duty and turn them in.