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Guest Worker Program
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Continuation of the Blogger’s Exchange
We have been engaged with a Blogger's exchange on immigration with Conor from Beyond Borders Blog (click here). To this point, the discussion on guest worker programs and immigration reform…
Labor Law Prof Blog
More Problems With A Potential Guest Worker Program
Immigration officials are reporting that they lack the ability to handle the significant uptick in residency applications that would follow proposed changes in immigration laws, including a guest worker program. …
ImmigrationProf Blog
Reforms and Business Needs
More than two-thirds of Americans support a guest-worker program that allows undocumented immigrants to become citizens, but an almost equal percentage wants to crack down on businesses that hire them,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Bush Reaching Out to Democrats for Reform
The White House is reaching out to leading congressional Democrats on the issue of overhauling immigration, hoping to build a bipartisan coalition to support a "guest worker" program and provide…
ImmigrationProf Blog
National Association of Former Border Patrol Agents Weigh in on Guest Worker Program
The Washington Times is reporting that the National Association of Former Border Patrol Agents says it could support a guest-worker program to let foreigners work in the U.S., if the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Robert Samuelson on Guestworkers
In March, 2006, Robert J. Samuelson wrote a commentary in the Washington Post questioning the need for guestworkers. The arguments coninue to be relevant to the immigration reform debate. Click…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Why We need a Guest Worker Program?
When the party's over at the Colorado Horse Park in Parker, after all the kids have gone home to eat their candy, Hernandez will break down the folding chairs and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
More on the Prospects of Bush Guestworker Plan
If President Bush can find a silver lining in the Democratic takeover in Congress, it could be this: The outlook for enacting his sweeping immigration plan, which House Republicans blocked…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Survey on Latina/o Support for Immigration Reform
Nearly seven in ten foreign-born Hispanics would be more likely to vote for a candidate who supports a legalization/guest worker program, according to a new survey released today by the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Story on Guest Workers
The LA Times has an illuminating story about some Mexican guest workers and their recent experiences in Oregon. It suggests that guest worker programs can allow for the exploitation and…