And any law they might pass in 2006 or 2007 would cease being enforced the following year as well. It's frustrating and disgusting. Maybe the only solution to the open borders is for the states to move to protect their borders, and if the Federal government objects let them stand up, be counted, and voted out of office.
Give the individual states the right to deny benefits, to arrest illegals and funnel them to federal authorities for a ride back to the border - of course, all the while laying heavy fines on those knowingly employing them.