[Howard Jarvis Admirer]

Not a bad idea - let private enterprise (lawyers) go after the employers of illegals - I think it would work. Taking it a step further, have visa applicants buy a $5000 bond in order to enter the U.S. - if they fail to leave, like Mohammed Atta’s boys, let bounty hunters track them down and deport them for the $5000 per head bounty. No cost to the taxpayers with bounty hunters.

[RKV]

Good point - re: bounties. I’d add a further federal bounty. $10,000 per conviction for each American citizen you turn in for hiring illegal aliens. $250 per head for each illegal turned in to ICE. It’s cheaper than letting the illegals work here.

[Bernard]

I like the idea of a bond; then we could just have Blockbuster track down the violators. Why add to the government payroll when a private service can do it better and cheaper?

And the general tone of the article is correct; once we slow down the traffic across the border, controlling it becomes much easier. It's the employers who are helping these identity thiefs stay here.

[nygoose]

Excellante!

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

That is an exellent idea.Go after the employers!