Both sides are hysterical on the issue. One side wants to flood our labor pool, and the other side wants to severely punish those who come across the border for jobs (the bloated American dollar).
I'm not a Republican for the purpose of kissing up to the boss, developing a slave mentality and fighting against other slaves. If you want to stop the flood, stop the job opportunities and artificially high dollar that attract it. What's being done to employers of illegals? Complain about our Fed policy of raising the rate to keep the dollar too high in international markets (which much complaining by our business interests in 2001 caused to happen).
I believe that those who come across the border should be treated harshly....and I think employers who hire them should be dealt with more harshly.