I noticed an inaccuracy here though:

:: Political posturing notwithstanding, many congressional Democrats and all congressional Republicans refuse to deny business the peonage it so cherishes.::

Absolutely untrue. Apparently Podvin is unfamiliar with Republican Representative Tom Tancredo, as well as various other Republican legislators like Sensenbrenner, D.A. King, Dan Haworth, to an extent Cornyn and Kyle, and so forth.