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I have long responded to people who complain about all the illegal aliens in our country, that the folks they should be angry at are the ones who employ them.

If there weren't jobs, illegal immigrants wouldn't come here.

It is about time to enforce sanctions on employers. They are at the heart of illegal immigration.

Its about time. Hit these people with heavy fines and imprisment. They are breaking the law as surly as Al Capone did in the twenties. There is no justification to break God's law then why when it also says in the bible that a man should follow the laws of the people These are crooks. Take away employment and welfare and you will soon see them disappear. Or in turn they will come to this country legally. An illegal opens the door to drugs entering the country and wide open crime because the law can not identify them in time to keep them from going back to Mecico.DO SOMETHING. THEY ARE NOTHING BUT A DRAIN ON OUR SOCIETY.

Good for them!!! Keep it up administration. Soon we will all be flocking to Mexico for jobs because our business owners like cheap labor. They figure a hungry worker is a good worker. As they eat their lobster tail ,and was it down with the finest wine. Greedy hogs. Lets hire Americans for a change.

It's about time.

This will help keep American identies safe and forces illegals to come over legaly.

Finally, employers have to take responsibility for hiring illegal labor. They are the magnets, which attract these people to the US. Simply going after illegal employees doesn't work.

we need to get rid of some of the economic cruches we depend on

illegal labor is among them, protected industries like farming, sugar, steel as well

we are so far from a healthy society economically

Well it's about time!! I have nothing against people working to make an honest living, but these people are breaking the law by being in this country illegally. If we went to their country and tried to do what they do here, we would be sent home immediately. Also, these companies use these people in the most terrible ways. They do not pay them fairly, they abuse them and I could go on an on. These companies need to be fined or shut down if it is found they knowingly hired illegals. Thank you Mr. President.

Who will they register to vote in 2012?

Without Raids, the businesses are going to ignore the audits. We need the raids which Bush toward the end of his term along with the punishing employers by hitting their pocketbooks. Requiring all companies to use E-Verify to check legal status to work on all future employees and current employees would stop illegal immigration.. All the proposals in immigration reform looks like what we had in 1986 which did not stop us from going throught the same thing again. I guess in a few years we will be doing more reform and amnesty unless the American people make the government enforce the laws.

Illegal immigrants come here to work and they work hard, sometimes harder than Americans. They come here to do jobs that Americans won't do, that spoiled Americans think that they are too good for. Americans would rather sit on their butts and take welfare or unemployment compensation rather than earn a living doing the jobs that the immigrants are doing. Sometimes, immigrants are willing to work for a salary that is comenserate with their level of education and experience whereas Americans think that they should get a high pay for doing a mediocore job that is easy....Frankly, lets keep the 10 million immigrants and get rid of 10 million lazy Americans.

Yes Barack,

Go after the REAL CULPRITS, THE CORPORATION THAT HIRE THEM. Not the illegal aliens because they wouldn't come if there were no jobs. The come because Business need slave laborers to do their bidding and shut up less they be deported. The whole illegal alien business is Republicans unwilling to pay a laborer a decent salary, or put up with unions, so they outsource if they can or hire illegals if they must. At least Obama is going about it the smart way unlike SHOCK AND AWE Bush who preferred raids. However, Obama is not all clean, and I'm a fervent supporter. He must stop the raids too and sign comprehensive immigration reform so that illegals must pay taxes like everyone else and stop eating up our free resources for the REAL POOR.

Barack Obama/Joseph Biden 2012

It's about time!!

Amazing, enforcing the law! Wonder why Duhbya never tried this...

Finally!..., some positive CHANGE from Obama!!

about time, now maybe us real Americans can find jobs and deport all the illegal immigrants living here.

ILLEGAL Immigrants. ILLEGAL is the key point!

It's about time.

When i see people with Bachelor's degrees lined up begging for a 5 dollar dish washing job, I'm glad they are doing this, time to prosecute these companies, especially now with so many American's out of work.

Kudos to the Obama team. If WE are TRULY SINCERE and want to stop illegal immigration, this is the one tactic which should accomplish it or cut it down drastically.

The Republicans have cried for our government to stop illegal immigration and they will get their wish with this new tactic. All Republicans should, now, be most happy. Oh-oh. What do I hear? Back-peddling by Republican owned businesses?

Can't have it both ways. Prepare for higher costs in agriculture, construction, and other areas.

Good. Very good. It is about time that the law is going after the criminals that hire the illegal immigrants. They need to also go after individuals that hire them for stuff like lawn care and home repair.

good the time has come

This is the only thing King Obama has done right so far. Now if only he will follow through and not wimp out.

return to workplace raids sneak attacks work better anyway

that oughta give everyone a heart attack givem 3 days to verify status
you need to do what eisenhower did in operation wetback and sweep the united states with border patrol and military personnel gathering up all illegals and shipping the mexicans to the middle of mexico and then letting them off and sending other illegals home on a one way ticket
i think that this whole thing is just for show anyway
obama wants to let everybody and there brother in regardless of them carrying disesase such as tb that spread rampant thru the denver school system because of all the illegal aliens carrying it to school
no big deal tho i guess kids lives get ruined by getting tb and then being re exposed because the source is still in the classroom infecting people

It's about time..........

It's about time.

Illegals are costing us allot of money and you should reword them !!! It will save us money if we don't pay for there heath care, and schooling let them go back !!! Now if there dieing save there life but send them BACK. Hell they should not be here let them make there country better. Don't let them take our JOBS !!!