States have a huge role in regulating the renting leasing and residence of all property - just as they have a role in regulating all public commerce - to ensure safety, legality, truth in advertising, collection of sales tax, occupancy regulations, etc, etc.
People do not have a “right” to hire illegal labor, to rent to illegal aliens, to withhold State payments for the wrong person or a non-person, etc, etc.
“Sanity” has been to not enforce the law under both GOP and DEM administrations and Congressional control. There is no “sanity” to return to. The GOP is not our friend on this. The INS is not our friend on this. The Constitution, however, is our friend.
All powers not given to the Fed - and that is a lot of them - are reserved for the people and the States.
You apparently don't see much of a role for the State.
I do.
So does the Constitution.
“Self interest is a piss poor excuse for not enforcing the law.”
The way the system works, they don’t care because they get their money by making the employer pay. If they actually had to collect, it would make a difference.
“States have a huge role in regulating the renting leasing and residence of all property”
Then private property does not exist in America. If I can not rent my place to whomever I want, then my property isn’t really privately owned, is it? States have no right to bar private commerce.