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No no, I mean that you are saying "ok, we know you are an illegal alien, but instead of deporting you or barring you from sending money to a foreign nation, we are just going to tax that wire transfer."

You are then arguing that we accept that we know they are here and we will just tax that wire.

The politicians will be lining up to secure that revenue for their favorite projects/interests.

One of the reasons (among many) for this flood of immigrants is the lowering of income taxes on entry-level jobs. It's like we gave illegals a raise by lowering taxes.

As for revenue, I have a few favorite projects. We have to pay for crowded schools (can't have art classes, we need more ESL), ERs, and the biggest expense of all--incarcerating all these law-abding lawbreakers.

I am firm in the belief that it is illegal immigration which is driving down Bush's numbers--the issue is connected to people's overreaction to the Dubai ports deal.

Wait for enforcement? You can. This is something that we don't need the feds for--the states can give it a try.