Government and business lack the guts to implement E-Verify.
Prices of many things would go up 10-20%. Just like they would if Asian and Latin American countries rigorously enforced child labor laws.
Santa Maria California agriculture pretends to be red blooded conservative, except when E-Verify talk gets serious. This mornings L.A. Times article describes Malibu residences desire for the status quo, i.e., cheap reliable illegal immigrant gardeners, cooks, laborers, etc., who commute from L.A.