It is political and both political gangs are looking the other way on immigration.
The socialists (Dems) because it brings in people who if they stay need Govt. Services, and if they become citizens they will vote mostly for the socialists(dems) The Republicans won't address the problem because there are republican business people who want cheap labor, legal or illegal.
So this situation in this article is an example of business people who are normally republicans and the socialists(dems) working together to bring in more immigrants.
Clinton vigilant do anything about immigration and neither will Bush.
Don't be to critical of Kennedy on this one, he is just doing what those republican business owners want done - getting them cheap foreign labor. -Tom