Yes.
This can be done on the local level by pressuring local politicians to do so.
We won't, though. Easier to call Bush names than to make phone calls or actually (horrors!) go down to City Hall, take names, make follow-up calls, call reps, call BACK, show up again, etc.
Yes.
This can be done on the local level by pressuring local politicians to do so.
I've lost all confidence in politicians or our enforcement agencies having the guts to do anything about this problem. Much as I despise the plaintiff bar, I'm ready to consider passing laws that allow private parties to sue employers of illegals. If the employers come under attack by hordes of litigation privateers, it'll remove much of the incentive to hire illegals.
What about putting referendums on the state and local level regarding:
- severely fining employers who hire illegals, either directly or via contracting firms
- severely fining landlords that rent to illegals
- denying state reimbursements to hospitals that treat illegals, unless the illegal is turned over to the authorities
- denying state and county funding to any school that accepts illegals as students, including colleges where students have overstayed their visas
- severely fining judges and holding them in contempt for releasing illegals
- severely fining law enforcement officers who do not take known illegals into custody