Democratic presidents tougher on companies that hire illegal workers

When a Republican friend of yours claims that Clinton was weak on border enforcement, maybe you should cite the following statistics:

Between 1999 and 2003, work-site enforcement operations were scaledback 95 percent by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, whichsubsequently was merged into the Homeland Security Department. Thenumber of employers prosecuted for unlawfully employing immigrantsdropped from 182 in 1999 to four in 2003, and fines collected declinedfrom $3.6 million to $212,000, according to federal statistics.

In 1999, the United States initiated fines against 417 companies. In 2004, it issued fine notices to three.

Of course, do not expect Sean Hannity or Ann Coulter to admit this anytime soon.