Did you read Title III?
http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/g/b4e422a6-fc2a-4cf3-a949-5f15adb5ec4e
There were hefty fines for employers and a risk of criminal charges.
But at the core, we still don’t get at the benefits— if the government aid is cut it will have an immediate impact.
Saveliberty, are you understanding how wrong you are yet?
There will be few employer sanctions from the moment George Bush signs his Amnesty. No "hefty fines", no "criminal charges".
Why? Because virtually every illegal alien in America is instantly amnestied the moment the bill is signed. That's the law as written in the new bill.
Thus all illegal aliens are now legal employees, and all employers are instantly in compliance with the new law as contained in S.1348. Presto chango, President Bush to the rescue.
But even Hugh sees that in the analysis you keep citing:
"At first glance the costs associated with this new workplace system are huge, and I would have expected the Chamber of Commerce and others to strenuously resist transfer of the costs of immigration enforcement from the federal government to the private sector. There are some significant penalties here that ordinary businesses will simply be stunned to discover especially in the paperwork department."
"The willingness to go along suggests that there’s a loophole the size of a black hole hidden within the text, and again we are taken to the loophole of “probationary Z visas,” discussed in my first post on the bill’s fine print."
My point is we didn’t need the bill for those few provisions, we can do enforcement with laws already on the books.