Reply #25: Meh, Maybe no one really wants to curb the problem, period.

[No Elephants]

I think both Republican and Democratic politicians in D.C. see this like they see Social Security: a third rail.

Neither side want to alienate Hispanic voters--and, as with any voters, something is likely piss off a good number of them, no matter what--neither side wants to spend the money and effort thinking through real enforcement would require, short of authorizing our border agents to kill, and neither side wants to deprive employers/donors/consumers of their steady supply of cheap labor.

As Rodriquez said last night on Countdown, we'd have to start thinking about a ten dollar tomato.