Even more troubling is the roughly 40-60 million Americans who do have some direct or dependent relationship to the U.S. military becoming less engaged and, therefore, less influential in the policy-making deliberations.

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Even a work permit offers limited protection: since it is non-transferable, it makes a worker wholly dependent on his employer, a relationship that many abuse.

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