[Southack]

"So now, you've shifted the workload to a smaller group of officers and for everyone registered, there are 2 or 3 more ready to make the run across the border. You’ve just made the situation worst."

Nonsense. Registration reduces the number of illegal crossings. 8+ million who have to cross illegally today would, once registered, be crossing legally. That greatly reduces the number of illegal border jumpers that our existing personnel have to apprehend. That makes the situation better.

...And the 2 or 3 new illegals who *want* to jump the border for each legal one are going to find that their potential employers have now been ratted out by earlier illegals who now have those legal blue cards...so those employers of those legal and potential illegal aliens are now getting audited by federal agents...making hiring new illegals for said employers far more risky than back when they were anonymous in the old pre-registration days.

[Marine Inspector]

Registration reduces the number of illegal crossings

No it won't. It did not in the 80's and it won't now. In fact, registration increased the number of illegal alien crossing over the years. It's history and history repeats it self.

As for the people registered, you just shifted that work load onto an already overworked smaller group of officers.

The majority of illegal aliens work under the table, so there is no need for them to register. If they do register, they may be out of a job, as the employer won't want the hassles or cost that will accompany a registered alien. Add that to the fact that employers know ICE does not have the manpower to enforce any guest worker program and it would take many years for them to acquire the manpower to do so and Congress has a history of not funding such efforts, the employer knows he can hire illegals with impunity. Also, since this won’t stop illegals from entering the US, the employer still has a plethora of illegals to hire from.

[Marine Inspector]

so those employers of those legal and potential illegal aliens are now getting audited by federal agents

That’s a pipe dream that will never happen. As a matter of fact, that's exactly what Congress said would happen in the 80's and in 1996. It still isn’t happening and it won't happen under these plans.