Quote Originally Posted by JohnDoe2 View Post
The problem is LACK OF ENFORCEMENT.

It doesn't matter what the punishment is if no one is enforcing the law.

"While the use of the E-Verify system is mandatory, there is little enforcement of employers on every level."
According to your article, the reason for that is:

"No politicians want to take credit for when E-Verify shuts down businesses or hurts the economy, which is necessary to enforcing it," said Alex Nowrasteh, a Cato Institute policy analyst. For E-Verify to work, it has to punish businesses that hire people in the country illegally, and punishing businesses will hurt the economy, Nowrasteh said.
No one is going to support closing businesses because they hired illegal aliens. Not residents, not voters, not workers, not consumers, not anyone. They need to change the law to a short-term jail sentence as punishment for the second offense, then more businesses would comply.