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Guest Worker Program
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ImmigrationProf Blog
New Support for Guest Worker Program
As border enforcement shrinks the labor force of undocumented fieldhands and immigration reform looms in Congress, growers have focusedwith renewed vigor on the need for a simplified federal guest workerprogram.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
More on Bush Speech in Texas
President George W. Bush saidcomprehensive immigration overhaul must begin with bordersecurity and include a guest-worker program and a means for manyof the undocumented workers in the U.S. to gain legal…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Commerce Dept. Supports Guestworker Proposal
U.S. Commerce Secretary CarlosGutierrez said the U.S. needs immigrants to meet the employmentneeds of a growing economy and urged Congress to approveimmigration legislation that includes a temporary-worker program. …
ImmigrationProf Blog
Guest Worker Program?
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a feild hearing on "Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Examining the Need for a Guest Worker Program" at the National Constitution Center, 525 Arch Street,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Mexican Candidates and Immigration
sToday's AP wires carry a brief sketch of the Mexican candidates' positions on topics of importance to the US. On immigration, they report the following:CALDERON: Espouses temporary guest worker program…
ImmigrationProf Blog
US News Reports on Immigration
Here are two articles posted on USNews.com (currently on the front page at http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm) about immigration that might be of interest. Both are by Silla Brush.Immigration as a Political Issues…
ImmigrationProf Blog
People For the American Way On Senate Immigration Reform Bill
Following the Senate’s passage of the comprehensive immigration reform bill S. 2611, People For the American Way President Ralph G. Neas released the following statement: “The Senate’s legislation presents an…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Today’s Senate Actions: More Fencing, Restrictions on Guestworkers
In today's Senate amendment votes, amendments to add more fencing along the southern border, preclusion of felons and those convicted of 3 misdemeanors from legalization, and a narrow vote to…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Attempt to Kill Guestworker Plan Fails
Seldomdo California's liberal Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer and Alabama'sconservative Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions agree on anything. But they joinedTuesday in a failed attempt to kill the guest worker provision of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Morality and Immigration Policy
President Bush's speech on immigration policy on Monday represents a major moment in the current debate. His position represents a compromise between those advocating for a strict enforcement-only approach (e.g.,…