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...crisis appears to be Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy - front-runner in the 2007 presidential race that Villepin is expected to contest too, with Chirac's likely backing. Sarkozy called for "compromise" with protesters - a position at odds with his plan for vast reforms cutting far deeper than the youth labor law. "We have a program, but we're pragmatic," says a Sarkozy adviser. "Plus, you need stability and calm to reform." Until the next protests, anyway...
...America. And all the available legislative evidence of the past quarter-century supports that view. "All the politicians--it doesn't matter which side of the aisle you're on--rely heavily on the donations from Big Business," he says, "and Big Business likes this system [of cheap illegal labor]. Unfortunately, in the post-9/11 world, this system puts us in jeopardy...
...making. The government doesn't want to fix it, and politicians, as usual, are dodging the issue, even though public-opinion polls show that Americans overwhelmingly favor a crackdown on illegal immigration. To be sure, many citizens quietly benefit from the flood of illegals because the supply of cheap labor helps keep down the cost of many goods and services, from chicken parts to lawn care. Many big companies, which have an even clearer stake in cheap labor, aggressively fend off the enforcement of laws that would shut down their supply of illegal workers...
...Perhaps they should ask why NAFTA-which took effect 12 years ago amid promises to raise the fortunes of Mexico?s beleaguered workers-hasn?t done more to reduce desperate labor migration over the U.S. border. That illegal flow, about a million migrants a year, is as heavy as ever. (Just ask CNN's Lou Dobbs, who?s broadcasting live from Canc?n this week because he?s so aggravated about it.) NAFTA has not been an altogether bad deal for Mexico; it has buoyed the economy and improved opportunities for workers in the more technologically advanced north...
...said. But he acknowledged there are differences about how to exert diplomatic pressure. Russia, China the U.S. and Europe have yet to agree on "who is in the driver's seat"-the International Energy Agency in Vienna or the Security Council in New York. "It's a division of labor," said the diplomat, "but that balance still has to be calibrated and adjusted, and that is what is happening now. The question is what kinds of pressure you are going...