[DancesWithBolsheviks]

The current immigration law only requires the employer to keep copies of documents showing that the employee is legal.
I hope that any background check of an amnesty applicant will reveal that the person committed such document fraud, and I hope this would lead to legal repercussions including denial of amnesty.

[daivid]

I know a guy from Brazil who recently became legal after marrying a US citizen.

He was fined $500 by the CIS for overstaying his visa, and that was it.

His employer made a copy of his brand-new Social Security card, changed his Social Security number from the fake one to the real one, and voila. He's OK now.

Our immigration system is broken. There are many loopholes, red tape galore, apathetic federal employees, unfunded services, unlinked databases, outdated computer systems, etc, etc.

Don't get me started, since I want to have a restful evening.