
The audits are being denounced by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as an expensive fishing expedition that will cost corporations millions of dollars. Immigrant advocates say the mass firings will simply drive undocumented workers further underground.
President Obama has made numerous overtures to the disaffected Latino electorate in the last three months, but news of new layoffs caused by this initiative will not help his standing among Latinos.
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