Bush Vows to Hunt Down Illegals

Upped enforcement promises crisis for some

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 14, 2007 8:42 PM CDT

(Newser) – Bush is vowing to enforce old immigration laws after all, now that comprehensive reform has croaked on the Senate floor. He promises to crack down on workers who don't have valid Social Security numbers in particular, but bosses parry that there can be good reasons for numerical snafus with the agency – and huge headaches trying to unwrap its red tape.

Analysts worry that Washington’s crackdown could handicap the economy; US roofers claim that one in three workers are legally shady and would cripple the business if they fled. But the Christian Science Monitor reports that Chertoff has zeroed in on jobs as key to the dilemma: "If we have work site enforcement directed at illegal employment, we strike at that magnet.”

A crowd of over 1500 people gathered in Manassas, Va. before dusk on Thursday, July 26, 2007, to listen to information from the group Mexicans Without Borders regarding a resolution by the Prince William... (Associated Press)

immigration debate rages on the national and local levels. (AP Photo/Bob Child) (Associated Press)

Mark Chamblee of Chamblee's Rose Nursery in Tyler, Texas, poses in one of his greenhouses, Wednesday Aug., 1, 2007. Chamblee may have to fire some of his workers with questionable Social Security numbers... (Associated Press)

Anna Arias, the President of the Hazleton, Pa., area Latino Association, speaks during a news conference in Hazleton, Pa., on Thursday, July 26, 2007. A federal judge on Thursday struck down the city... (Associated Press)

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