"The most relevant factor in the illegal-immigrant issue isn't the "law" it is a US economy sustained by illicit/invisible workers."

Actually I disagree, Rich. Minimizing or disregarding the law is never a good thing - it's the reason we are overrun with illegals in the first place. One thing you fail to realize is Americans, tired of illegal migration are braced for whatever the fallout may be, the major affect on the economy is not much more than speculation at this time. Americans will adjust whatever the outcome, and the economic downfall threats have long since lost their shock value.