“There are dodgy employers out there who are trying to undercut their competitors and drive down British wages by employing people illegally, so we’ve come up with this new way of taking much faster on-the-spot action.  It’s quite clear that this new regime, which is part of a big shake-up of Britain’s border security, is already beginning to work.”

Liam Byrne
Immigration Minister
to the BBC 5th May 2008

You have to laugh.