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You have the stats on those employees and independent contractors? And whats the difference? If you hire then you`ve broken the law, period! Get caught and get burned. Seems to me you`re simply dismissing the whole idea out of hand, why? BTW, if you set up an anonymous tipster line and give the tipster ten percent of each fine, or a set bounty, then what will that do for the illegal population? Put a bounty on them in the form of rewards financed by the fines themselves and how many illegals will get turned in then? Imagine the housing packed with illegals and how tempting that will be to an informant if the illegals all have bounties? If you`re a landlord, will you risk renting if you know you`ll go to a federal prison and loose everything you own? And what does it matter how long they`ve been here, if they`re illegal they can`t work or get any assistance, period. Harbor them, help them, and you`ve committed a federal offense and opened an expensive and painful can of legal whoop@$$ on yourself.

Aid an illegal and loose your shirt to fines and your freedom to a prison cell. Along WITH a greatly stepped up presence along the border, you`re HONESTLY saying that won`t work? REALLY?

You have the stats on those employees and independent contractors?

Do your own research if you please. I stand by the statement that a large percentage of illegals work as independant contractors to individuals. Add in the ones working for very small business, and yes, it is approaching a majority of all illegals immigrants in this country. Find something that proves otherwise, and I will revise that opinion. But this entire exercise is irrelevant, because either way, we are still talking about millions and millions of individuals. And, no, there is no political will in this country for going after indivuals who hire illegal maids and such, even if such a thing was feasible.

What you really need to do is get back to the original point. Since all of the Republicans seem to want to seal the borders (pick your method), and enforce the laws, it comes down to will they all leave when we do. Newt seems to expect most of them to do just that. He's talking about what we would do with those who don't.