I hear ya.
However those audit notices requiring these owners to prove they’re not hiring illegals is the big deal in these sweeps, in effect that’s going to get the attention of all business owners.
Having been an employer from before the I-9 implementation to well after, I can tell you employers have been getting notices from Social Security for decades when a number is used by multiples. So either the employer has not followed Federal law in completing and submitting I-9's or they ignored the notices until they had the questionable employee submit a new bogus number(actually happens a lot with greedy employers) or they terminate the questionable employee who just goes and gets another job with the phony ID or new phony ID.
What I'm saying is the tools have been there for decades, it's the will to actually use them that has been lacking.
I can't wait for the liberals to start crying about how they can't get served at their favorite QSR or sit down restaurant because poor little Julio or Marcella have finally been busted. As for me I don't mind eating home cooked for as long as it takes. And maybe the gardening industry will be reclaimed by Asians.
And, it gets the attention of other illegals, some (not all, but some) of whom will leave before they’re booted out.