Why have laws at all?

No matter what you think of immigration, this is a truly remarkable statistic, though perhaps not surprising (from cantankerous gringo geezer Lou Dobbs).

But here is the official record of your sense of duty: 318 employers out of five and a half million in this country have been fined for hiring illegal aliens since 2001. In 2004, only three employers were fined. That is a dismal record, Mr. President, as dismal as the fact that the number of ICE agents assigned to enforce immigration laws in the workplace has declined from only 240 back in 1999 to now less than 100.

Illegal Alien Employer Fines

2001 -- 100

2002 -- 53

2003 -- 162

2004 -- 3

(source: GAO Reports, 8/31/05)