Administration to Crack Down on "Questionable" SSNs

La Shawn Barber has the story of an effort by the Bush Administration to start cracking down on employers who hire illegal immigrants:

So George Bush’s mega-billion-dollar agency is, at long last, doing something useful.

According to the article, employees with “questionable” Social Security numbers will have 60 days to resolve the issue. If they can’t, employers must fire them or face fines ranging from $250 to $10,000 per illegal.

To get a handle on illegal “immigration,” we must go to the main source of the problem. I’ve ranted often enough about illegal aliens on this blog, but now’s the time to focus on businesses and individuals who hire illegal aliens.

If the executive branch does its job and actually enforces immigration laws, it would go a long way toward stemming the tide of foreigners crossing the border or overstaying visas, if the effort is combined with cutting off welfare to non-citizens. (No welfare for legal residents, either.) With no means of support, perhaps they’ll return home. (link added)

I too think this is an idea long overdue.

However, I doubt that La Shawn's idea of no welfare for legal residents will fly. Despite the fact that they are not citizens, long lines of court precedents indicate that even non-citizens can still receive welfare benefits--provided they are legal residents.