[RS]

"the true cost of their labor is hidden by taxpayer goodies for illegals like emergency room care, declines in property values in neighborhoods taken over by illegals, "


Aren't those costs incured by having that American who won't take that job being unemployed anyway ?
If the American took the job, we would save half of it... the unemployed Mexican would go home...

[Fatalis]

You'll get no argument from me that entitlements and minimum wage laws help foster the black market for illicit labor in which the illegal aliens flourish, but they aren't the only factors in play. Nonenforcement of laws against against employers of illegals is crucial to maintianing the status quo, and enforcement against employers is just as crucial to any solution.

However, since the President's proposal to legalize illegal aliens rewards both them and their unlawful employers, and since this Administration hasn't been especially diligent in prosecuting such employers, nor has it pressed for a mandatory verification of employees' rights to work, it's not reasonable to assume that these will suddenly become priorities if only millions of illegal aliens were to be legalized.