I heard a quote on the radio from Bob Frantz today (A local radio host) that made me think of your WalMart story. "The problem isn't so much the illegals but instead the companies that hire them."
There's never just one solution with politics. Hell, there's rarely even just one problem.
A lack of work and capital in neighboring countries --> immigration
Difficulty in legal immigration --> illegal immigration
non-negligible unemployment rate --> people caring about illegal immigration
etcetera, etcetera...
And sometimes the solutions that are available aren't exactly preferable either. At least Arizona has stepped up to do
something; which is essentially just enforcing laws that already exist!
In Japan, if you are a foreigner, you must carry your foreigner registration card or passport with you at all times and cops have a legal right to stop any foreigner and ask for that card or passport at any time. In fact on my first day there I was asked for my passport however over the course of another 2 years I was never asked again and never had any problems. Now, Japan obviously is not the United States but the policy is similar and works. Furthermore as a foreigner I did not have a problem with it because I was legal!
