Crackdown on illegal immigrants

I haven't seen any mention of this in the local media yet, but yesterday's Belfast Telegraph had a short item about a new cross border unit that the two governments are establishing to help deal with the problem of illegal immigrants. Funny, isn't it? On the one hand, the Irish government is lobbying the US government to adopt a generous approach to illegal immigrants in America, but at the same time preparing to crack down on those who are here illegally.