Call me an anarchist, but I don't believe that criminalization is the solution to illegal immigration. I'm not claiming that I know what is the solution--or that there really is a 'solution'--for a trend probably as old as prostitution, but making it a felony ain't it.
We can either deal with reality as it is or push far away the parts of it that we'd rather not deal with. In this case, immigrants are here and have been here and aren't likely to leave, as they haven't left before when anti-immigration trends prevailed.
Thousands Rally for Immigrants' Rights