If the bill does not pass, then the status
quo prevails and nothing changes. This means that
illegal labor will
remain cheap and exploitable, which means that costs will not go up. If
the bill were to pass, however, then costs would go up a bit as anyone
wanting to hire legal "guest" workers would be required to pay them at
least minimum wage, but most large
employers won''t want to pay that and
so will continue to hire
illegal labor, for which there is no end of
supply. And since the bill has no real enforcement provisions with any
teeth, then nothing will change. But the large employers don''t want any
bill to pass lest it lead to greater - and more expensive - reforms
later on.