[SoConPubbie]

McCain-Kennedy bill would: require that employers participate in an electronic system for work authorization verification. .... double the upper and lower bounds defining the range of fines employers could be charged for different types of IRCA violations.

Hey, how stupid do you think everyone is here at FreeRepublic?

You and I both know too things:
1. This would only be implemented AFTER Illegals already here were given Amnesty
2. The implementation would be lackluster at best, just like the anemic or nonexistent way the punishments included in Reagan's Amnesty bill were implemented.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Back to the title of the thread. It seems to me that Obama kos that passing amnesty is a rough ride, so he is waiting for Kennedy and Byrd to be replaced (Kennedy is sick and Byrd voted against amnesty in 2007), and waiting for Franken to steal Coleman’s seat. Still, other Dems voted no in 2007 (McCaskill was one), and Dorgan votes with the unions. And who knows? Maybe Republicans will gain some seats if Obama waits until 2011.