Back around the Reagan era an elected congressperson (if memory serves) was prosecuted for hiring illegal immigrants. It was a rare case and most probably just political warfare. One of my LA cousins hired a Guatemalan woman who became nationalized by the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986. I used to chat with her in Spanish.
¿Who does not like free or cheap money?
¡Temptation is the only thing I cannot resist!
The Captain