Oh, the other rationale would be to dupe law-abiding employers into hiring them.
"There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots. What is it? Distrust." -- Demosthenes: Philippic 2, sect. 24
Those who trust the Dems and Repubs to do the right thing are being very foolish.