[RedStateRocker]

I honestly think that attacking the people who HIRE them will do far more than even instant deportations.

No need for new legislation, if we just enforce the laws already on the books, and not on the 'poor workers only trying to make their lives better' (MSM, bleeding heart view that does contain just enough of a grain of truth to enable them to trot out the poor sucker who DOES bust butt just like my grandpa did and for the same reason) Instead, whack the 'greedy exploitative' Evil Capitalists who employ them; how much more politically correct could you be; you're not attacking some helpless immigrant but instead fining and/or imprisoning the dirtbag who underbids everyone else because they use illegal labor.
Yes, the left will find a pity angle on it soon enough, poor Juan can't get a job and has to head back to Mexico, but I know one contractor here (uselessly small sample, I know) who cannot fairly bid against his competition who all pay a LOT less to their illegal laborers,

[KCRW]

Agreed. HR4437, passed in the House, really tightened the laws on those hiring illegal immigrants.

Honestly, there are those employers who have no clue that the person they have hired are illegal. The illegals give them fake papers and fake SS numbers. Employers have very little way of knowing that this stuff is fake.

There are other employers, who are helping illegals come up with the fake papers. Other employers are flat out ignoring getting the documentation required in order to hire someone. These employers belong in prison.

Right now, none of the laws in this county are tough enough on employers who are knowingly hiring illegal aliens. Most states make them pay a fine and that's it. That must change!