Because that is what this thread is all about. Sheez...
Make employers check the legal status of the employees and enforce that, that alone will remove the incentive for the millions to mingle among us here and prevent hordes of the new illegals from coming.
We've tried doing that. It's failed.
Are you being dense or is it your "humor" attempt?
We've tried doing that. It's failed.
Tried what and when? It works at DMV offices and illegals are whining about not being able to get driver's licenses.
We've tried doing that. It's failed.
You're wrong. There is little or no enforcement of the employer ID requirements or of the so-called "employer penalties." The big INS raids that used to take place 15 years ago don't happen anymore. That's all because the INS is not enforcing the law. They won't even let local law enforcement check or do anything else about criminal suspects' immigration status here in Southern California.
On the other hand, the EEOC has regulations prohibiting employers from "discriminating" on the basis of "immigration status." Know what? They enforce those regs.
Don't tell me the immigration law "doesn't work." It's not only not enforced, the Feds also have "civil rights" regulations in effect that provide legal disincentives, to add to the economic ones, for employers to try to obey the immigration laws. We don't have the will to enforce our existing immigration laws, let alone enforce new ones.