I always thought that they could not be on the books. But when I read the list of employers that hire illegals, there were companies that are chains and I thought they did not hire off the books at all. Maybe I'm naive, but that's what I thought. I know that if I was working off the books I would get caught. I live very near to Farmingville,where there are hundreds of illegal mexicans that gather to get picked up for work. This is also somewhat close to an IRS office. You can't tell me that no one that works for the IRS has ever driven passed there? They have to know. Why aren't they reporting the people who pick them up? I know,because they didn't punch in yet. I wonder if it would do any good to report these employers to the IRS???