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As many conservatives have argued, they can't get the corporatist Republicans to enforce the law because they see illegal aliens as a source of cheap labor.

I guess you must mean "corporate," not "corporatist," which is something else.

The Washington conservative Establishment hasn't been much concerned with illegal immigration over the years.

It's only recently that they've started to care (or to claim that they do). Remove the pressure on them and they'll return to their old ways.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Our politicians have reduced a good life to simple terms; i.e. MONEY, PERKS and REELECTION.