This is the unfortunate result of bad policy. All of our poiticians are so self-interested that no one makes the hard decisions. They just haul out the debate during political campaigns so they have something to argue about. Then they get elected and go about the business of procuring taxpayer money to hand out to their cronies and reward their contributors. We really need a third or even a forth party if our system is ever really going to change.

I'm afraid I have to agree with Steve that the laws have to be enforced as they are written today, or they are meaningless. Obviously the American labor market needs more immigrant labor than the law currently permits. The answer isn't to allow certain workers and employers to ignore the law, the answer is realistic reform that address the needs of all parties. Can that happen in our two party political system?