[tigtog]

If this is real immigration reform a penalty for employers who employ illegals is required. If they don't do that, then we are watching cartoons.

[SJackson]

If this is real immigration reform a penalty for employers who employ illegals is required. If they don't do that, then we are watching cartoons.

There's a fairly good summary of the House bill here

Of course there have been significant penalties for employers before, unenforced they're worthless.

[siunevada]

If this is real immigration reform a penalty for employers who employ illegals is required.

The current law requires just that. We choose not to enforce the existing law.

Bureaucrats that write the regulations to apply laws can re-direct the intentions of the legislators.

The same thing can be seen in welfare reform. They create obstacles to the clear intention of the original legislation.