I'm all for building a ten-mile high fence and deporting them to Antarctica, but going after the employers as the linchpin of solving the problem is better because:
1. It's easier politically. You'll get fewer charges of racism. I could give a rat's behind if someone wants to call me racist for something that isn't, but a large number of people (read: politicians) are quite sensitive to the charge. Going after the employers solves that problem.
2. Obviously, without work, many of the illegals will self-deport like they did in the 50's, saving us the trouble.
Like I said, I'm all for hitting illegal immigration on every front, but going after the employers is what we should be concentrating on as the most important facet of solving the problem. While the politicians fart around and lie to us about the fence for who knows how long, we could probably get a decent amount of legislation passed to make employing illegals a death-sentence for a business.
Far and away, the most important way to dramatically cut down on illegal immigration quickly...
If we only had the b*lls to fine every single employer $2000 a day per illegal. Even if they showed “documentation.” Enough of this “knowingly hired” crap.
Grab the nannies and gardeners as well as factory workers, and fine EVERYONE. The jobs for illegals would be GONE and they would go back to their beloved Mexico.
I agree that the single most important thing is to crack down severely on the illegal employers of illegal aliens. We know that without the job-magnet the invasion will eventually die of attrition. But the ethnocentric and business lobbies have persuaded our pandering politicians to oppose everything - employer sanctions, the fence, etc. On the contrary, they use our tax dollars to subsidize them.
We have the laws on the books already- we just need to enforce them.