[RJL]

Russell Davis, an officer with the Homebuilders Association of Alabama, said there is no way for contractors to check the immigration status of everyone on a construction site.

"In a typical situation where someone hires a subcontractor and that sub winds up having an illegal alien on that crew, who's committing the felony?" he said. He called the bill an "overreaching" effort to deal with the problem.

Amazingly, Russell’s mind will focus sharply and come to a clear understanding about all this the first time an employer of illegals is fined $5,000 a head, 10 years in jail, court costs and the “wage penalty”.

[CommandoFrank]

And the agricultural wheel of Alabama comes to a screeching halt....

[PhilipFreneau]

>>>"The evidence must be such that the employer knows the person he's hired is an illegal alien," he said.<<<

This is smoke-and-mirrors, Bush style. Employers will simply refuse to ask new employees if they are illegal.

[bannie]

Isn't it already a crime to hire illegals?