http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,1515824,00.html?maca=en-bulletin-433-html
" Geneva wants to legalize its many illegal immigrants who have long filled in gaps in the labor market. So far, no other Swiss cantons have taken up Geneva's idea, and Geneva alone is unlikely to persuade the Swiss government to agree to an amnesty. At the same time no one wants to order the deportation of so many people."