A pox on the lot of them I say. What am I talking about? The groups (like the AFL-CIO, Immigrant activists, etc.) and the Judge behind this decision:
Basically, Department of Homeland Security has worked with Social Security to help remind businesses that if they get caught with illegal immigrants in their employ then there won't be the wink-wink, nod-nod, of the past and that there would be stiff fines for failing to comply with existing employment laws in this country. Great idea, right? Enforce our existing laws -- one of the mantras spouted by some who make excuses for illegal immigrants in the country. So one would think.
One would be wrong though because the activists and protectors of illegal immigration still want absolutely nothing to be done to change the status quo. Leave the law-breaking, yet supposedly law-abiding peace loving, in search of the American way, illegal immigrants alone. They aren't hurting anyone... or so goes the mantra they spout off.
Now they have the AFL-CIO helping to do their dirty work, suing the feds to stop these notifications from going out. I would like to have thought that the judge would have used her brain and realized that NO ONE in this country should have proper standing to represent illegal immigrants as a group, and that the needs of the government to enforce it's laws in this area would far outweigh supposed concerns about individual rights when it comes to PROVING to an employer that you have a right to work in the U.S.A. A job in the U.S.A. is a priviledge and not a right, but of course defenders of illegal immigrants and those on the left believe differently (the left still believes in the communist model of everyone having some job that they must do for the state, but that is a different issue anyway).
I'll say it again, as if it hasn't been said enough -- if you are in this country illegally, get the H, E, double L out. If you want to come here legally and find work then follow proper channels and do so. Don't come here and have your children just because of the loophole that if they are born in the country they are automatically citizens. Don't come here by sneaking across the border. Come here as guests of the country, as people that have properly registered and followed procedures, and then stay for your allowed period of time. Once that allowed period has expired, take all your belongings and go home. Back to where you came from. Let someone else have the opportunity that you took advantage of and you go to the back of line and start over again.
Meanwhile, I hope the feds take this case up to an appeals court with a brain and hope it gets squashed so quickly that the original judge doesn't have time to think up any more excuses for why she decided as she did. I didn't even have to look for confirmation, but it is there in the original article to find quickly enough to note that this judge is based in the San Francisco area. I'm sure that the plaintiffs in this case shopped around a bit to find jurisdiction here so that the loons of the left would be the ones to get a first crack at stopping the big evil government from tossing away our rights here.
Again, when it comes to employment in this country, the requirement to fill out an I-9 form isn't that tough, and the requirement that employers maintain records and confirm that they have done the required checks to verify that their employees are legally entitled to work in the U.S.A. isn't that tough. Sending out reminder notices to these employers to tell them that they must comply or face stiff penalties should be encouraged, as should the actual enforcement of these laws. Collect the penalties and use the fines to help pay for just about anything you care to fund. By the time you are done you may be able to collect a few billion $$ that could be used to pay for something.
Of course if we did that, someone, somewhere, would complain that the enforcement was too harsh (just as they complain that -- supposedly -- our President doesn't do enough to enforce the laws) and/or that the spending was still not enough in the right areas.
