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Guest Worker Program
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DHS on Immigration Reform
The Department of Homeland Security released the following press release on the immigration reform compromise hammered out in the Senate. The Bush administration is on board:Today, Administration Officials and A…
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NPR Poll: Voters Support a Hard Stance on Immigration
NPR (here) reported the results of a poll of voters on important issues facing the nation. When it comes to immigration, the Republican base has the biggest internal divisions. Asked…
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New Immigration Books
Study on obstacles to effective access of irregular migrants to minimum social rights / Ryszard Cholewinski. Council of Europe Pub., c2005 American guestworkers : Jamaicans and Mexicans in the U.S.…
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“Guest workers: a worn-out labor idea”
In an op/ed in the LA. Times entitled "Guest workers: a worn-out labor idea -- Such programs are bad for immigrants and hurt U.S. workers as well" (here), JOHN J.…
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Californians Favor Legalization
Tyche Hendricks reports in the San Francisco Chronicle today that Californians support a legalization plan and a guest worker program:"More than 80 percent of California registered voters support legalizing the…
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Guest Workers Fired After Protesting “Slave” Conditions
An article for New America Media by David Bacon (here) reports that guest workers from India have accused a Mississippi shipyard of exploiting and treating them like slaves. Hundreds of…
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Bush on Immigration in Mexico and Guatemala
President Bush tried to reassure increasingly sceptical Mexicans today that he has not given up on overhauling U.S. immigration policy.Bush told Mexican President Felipe Calderon in their first summit meeting…
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Southern Poverty Law Center Report: Foreign Guestworkers Routinely Exploited by U.S. Employers
Guestworkers who come to the United States are routinely cheated out of wages; forced to mortgage their futures to obtain low-wage, temporary jobs; held virtually captive by employers who seize…
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NCLR (Cautiously) Supports Guest Worker Program
In an op/ed in the Sunday Washington Post (here), Janet Murgia, president and chief executive of the National Council of La Raza, expresses cautious support for a proposed guest worker…
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President Bush’s Immigration Remarks in the State of the Union Speech
As previewed on this blog yesterday, President Bush in his State of the Union Speech reiterated a call for comprehensive immigration reform that he said would create more secure borders…