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1. Allegations that Meg Whitman knowingly employed an illegal immigrant housekeeper and then fired her when she launched her bid for governor promises to further damage the ex-CEO’s chances with Latino voters. At a tearful news conference yesterday, the maid, Nicandra Diaz Santillan, alleged that Whitman exploited her and had received several notices from the Social Security Administration raising red-flags about Diaz’s immigration status. Whitman acknowledged employing Diaz for nine years, but said she never received the notices and didn’t learn that Diaz was an illegal immigrant until just before firing her in 2009. Diaz’s attorney, Gloria Allred, told the Mercury News that she will release more “evidence” today. Either way, pictures of the weeping Mexican immigrant will surely damage Whitman’s standing with Latinos. Throughout the campaign, Whitman has called for a crackdown on employers who hire illegal immigrants.