Many Americans focus on the border when they consider the fight against illegal immigration. But some experts say the real battle should be in the workplace to stop the hiring of people without work visas. (Source)
That’s exactly right. Since the federal government refuses to do its job by enforcing immigration laws, rounding up and deporting illegal aliens, the private sector can do its part by running checks on applicants to find out whether they’re here illegally. Unfortunately there will always be unscrupulous employers whose intent is to hire illegal aliens:
Many businesses, however, oppose making the program mandatory because it would stop them from hiring illegal workers and force them to pay higher wages, said Maria Echeveste, an immigration expert and political consultant who worked as a deputy chief of staff in the Clinton White House.
The Basic Pilot Program has been around for a while, but it’s going to take a critical mass of angry Americans to become even angrier before employers stop hiring illegal aliens. The rules are already in place.
The penalty for hiring illegal aliens ranges from $250 to $10,000 for each unauthorized alien, and the person or entity “which engages in a pattern or practice of violations of subsection (a)(1)(A) or (a)(2) shall be fined not more than $3,000 for each unauthorized alien with respect to whom such a violation occurs, imprisoned for not more than six months for the entire pattern or practice, or both, notwithstanding the provisions of any other Federal law relating to fine levels.†(Source)
Employers know the feds won’t enforce the law and they won’t have to pay the fines and/or go to jail. They’ll continue to break the law, and the vicious cycle won’t stop until we the people essentially revolt against a government which allows non-citizens to take jobs from citizens, break the educational and health care infrastructure, essentially force local and state government entities to require Spanish as an employee requirement, spread Third World diseases and conditions, and on and on.
