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To: JDN who wrote (118225)	6/5/2005 12:22:19 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793756

I am completely stumped why politicians ignore this problem. Simple. Two reasons. 1. They are afraid that anything they say or do will alienate the Hispanic vote. They think action would drive away Hispanic votes, but inaction won't drive away non-Hispanic votes (because where would they go if nobody is doing anything)? 2. A lot of business people count on this cheap labor to produce cheap products, particularly agricultural. And wealthy people like this source of cheap, highly controllable (if they complain, they're deported) household help. Votes and money. What politician in his right mind would alienate both in one action?