GUEST WORKER PROGRAM what job is out there that an american citizen would not take .?
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ilove the 621 anyway i feel that those that are unemplyed on state aid etc will take any of the jobs if given the opertunity and if the pay was right , we all may not like to do some of the work but we will be willing to work  we rather work than be on state aid having to anser for every penny and all that so i would say there is no job that we would not do .
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Well, i think its okay.  Most Americans are unwilling to take the king of Jobs that illegal Mexian aliens will take.  With that in mind if we stopped allowing them to come over then who would do these jobs.  My point is that Americans take for granted that Mexicans are the backbone of the US labor.  Ultimately we should have more security and restriction for people coming over, but we should still allow them to work there way in, by giving them temporary passports.  A great movie that discusses this very topic is called "A Day Without A Mexican".  Acting isn't the greatest and the movie runs a little long, but they make a some great points.
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Unless you are a diplomat, you cannot bring your personal employees over here (USA).  That is why you received no replies.
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CURLIES_10-You Need To Learn The Underlying Issues Before You Become A Taxpayer(Im Assuming Youre A Student Living With Your Parents)\n\nFREEDOMHAMMER Makes The Point Best-It Is GREEDY Unscrupulous EMPLOYERS That ENABLE This Problem And Have Compounded It To This Point\n\nThere are jobs Americans simply won't do, so that the importation of foreigners is essential. Whether these foreign workers are ILLEGAL ALIENS,  guestworkers, or permanent Legal Immigrants is a detail to be worked out by us, the argument goes, but our need for them is unchanged.Even many opponents of the proposed Bush Amnesty assume this to be true, leading them to propose new and improved guestworker programs, with provisions for stricter controls against Permanent Settlement, greater incentives to return, tighter enforcement against Unscrupulous Employers, etc. As well-meaning as such efforts may be, the basic assumption is false — \n\nThere is simply no economic reason to import FOREIGN Workers.If the supply of FOREIGN Workers were to dry up (say, through actually ENFORCING the immigration law, for starters), employers would respond to this new, tighter, labor market in two ways. \n\n1: One, they would offer HIGHER Wages, INCREASED Benefits, and Improved Working Conditions, so as to recruit and retain people from the remaining pool of workers.\n\n2:At the same time, the same employers would look for ways to eliminate some of the jobs they now are having trouble filling. The result would be a NEW Equilibrium, with Blue-Collar Workers making somewhat Better Money, but each one of those workers being more productive.\n\nMany people fear the first part of such a response, claiming that prices for fruits and vegetables would skyrocket, fueling inflation..NOT TRUE..Labor accounts for only about ten percent of the retail price of a head of lettuce,  so even doubling the wages of pickers would have little noticeable effect on consumers.\n\nSeveral people told me they used to do the "jobs Americans won't do" until local employers figured out they could get ILLEGAL Aliens to work for less than half the same amount. As an example, a young landscaper who used to make $15 an hour 10 years ago, can't get a similar job now for more than $8 an hour. Same heat. Same difficult working conditions.  But with the Depressed Wage, AMERICANS – who live in a country where the cost of living is miles above that of Mexico's – can't afford to take such jobs.It's not that he and other Americans don't want to do landscaping anymore; it's just that in heavily trafficked ILLEGAL Alien environments, IT DOESNT PAY WELL ENOUGH ANYMORE.\n\n Younger U.S.-born high school graduates are squeezed at both ends. Jobs that would have gone to them in the past are now being grabbed by college graduates. The lowest-wage jobs are unappealing, and employers will not raise wages as long as ILLEGAL Immigrants will take them.\n\nIf this is what the open borders crowd means by ILLEGAL ALIENS doing jobs Americans don't want, they're right. American workers want jobs that can Earn them a DECENT LIVING in this country. Minimum wage is a fortune south of the border, but it doesn't go far here. \n\n\nthis is to illustrate the absurdity of a "comprehensive" approach to ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS , and the more radical of the ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT  advocates who are proponents of an "open borders" policy. We don't take a comprehensive, humane approach with drug dealers because they are breaking our laws and causing great damage to this country by poisoning our children. Similarly, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS  violate our laws and Poison our system of Economics by TAKING JOBS  from American Workers, Keeping WAGES ARTIFICIALLY LOW, and Sucking MILLIONS of Dollars of TAXPAYERS MONEY out of our Welfare and Medical Systems. \nNot To Mention The Fact That A Majority Of ILLEGAL ALIENS Live And Work In This Country And Then Send Their Money Back Home To Their
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Those citizens that are out of work are aware that there are jobs out there.  Employers hire whoever is qualified for the job.  If that person is a foreigner with an actual legal work Visa, more power to them!  Why don't you go worry about the illegal immigrants?\n\nI used to work in the welfare department.  Very few of those people were willing to take jobs and get off welfare.  I got disgusted with humanity working in that place, watching people sit on their butts and actually say no when offered jobs.  One person told me she was earning more in that welfare check than she would at a minimum wage job.\n\nSend your brother down here to New Orleans.  We'll put him to work.  Employers here can't get enough people to fill the job openings.
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I support a guest worker program. I think it's impossible to throw all of them out. How are we going to find 12 million illegals? I'm a realist and know that we have to build a fence and send troops to guard it. But I know that is impossible to find all of the illegals here. We need to fine employers who hire illegals and reduce legal immigration with quotas. Illegal immigration is a serious problem and needs to be stopped.
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If you were not born in the USA, you can't apply for George W. Bush's job.     sorry.
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no. why would we reward people for breaking the law. there are just as many people taking the time to go through the process, why take away their chances?! and to be honest, i think the reason immigrants are taking these jobs "no one else will do" is because they are less likely to require paperwork and therefor can remain in the US. Ruining our economy, taking away our healthcare, demanding spanish speaking school teachers etc. i dont care if you are mexican, irish, german, just be here legally.
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my understanding is that it would be governed by the same labor laws that we citizens are.  So they would get at least minimum wage.  The advantage of having this done in the open, versus illegally, as it is now, is that the wage that people get paid could be regulated and enforced.\n\nso like you mention, this would prevent the type of slave labor that you talk about.\n\nI do think that the border needs to be sealed before we can even consider a guest worker program though.
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No, they are temporary workers without residence priviledges. A resident alien is someone who is not a citizen but was approved as a permanent resident in the US.
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No.  Its a myth that Americans don't want to do certain jobs.  What is true is that they want a fair wage for it.\n\n==\n\nRecently, a California manager of a lawn maintenance company was telling a reporter that she couldn't find any Americans willing to do the work and she was offering $30/hr.  The reporter called her on this lie and made her place an on line help wanted ad.  Within 3 minutes, she had 20 American applicants.
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No, an alien holds a card to stay and work for a limited time and is not a resident either, only holds temporary residency. An illegal cannot have employment authorization because he came in undocumented and as such, is not entitled to green cards or residency. You can't do things backwards and expect to jump ahead of those in line. Be considerate of others and the U.S. will be very considerate to you.
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This is yet another cynical move by a twisted "leader" hell-bent on aiding the powerful corporations that put him in office. OF COURSE corporations will benefit from this bogus guest worker initiative, irrespective of what devout capitalist fundamentalists like turboweegie say. And I just love that fallacious argument big business-loving fiscal conservatives use about how cheap labour for corporations better helps the little people to be able to afford their products. What a joke...\n\nBe in no doubt, planksheer. You've already correctly answered your own question: A guest worker program will legally permit US corporations to pay lower wages, thus creating a cheap labour pool of foreign workers who will not even get citizenship. It is immoral and  counter to the best interests of the American labour force. Any fool can see what is going on here. The one thing about the ANP that is most predictable is that they will ALWAYS be on the side of big money. ALWAYS.
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No, you cannot work. Nor can you change it into a permanent resident visa.
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L-2 visa holders are not permitted to work.  Or at least that was the rule two years ago when I worked in immigration.
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lets be honest  yeah the American citizens would work them but only the white lazy crackheads. They would work these jobs but not as good as illegals do because they know if they make a mistake in that specific job they can get fired and they can't afford that. They have kids in their countries. So they work hard to keep their employers happy. Do you really think a us citizen would tolerate cleaning shit, working 10 hours in the sun as a gardener. no because they're citizens and they have opportunities.Just Analise things. No one would do the jobs better than an immigrant.And you said it they wouldn't take shit from their employers. Right? So they would eventually get tired of cleaning shit and they would eventually find themselves quitting. Why haven't i seen citizens doing these jobs right now? They don't want to. They r lazy and most try to find easy jobs. Increase in the wages maybe but remember threes bitchy people that expect you to do the jobs right. No matter how much they pay these citizensthey wouldn't tolerate this.They can never do these jobs as good as illegals.if an illegal can find a job so can a citizen but threes so many unemployed because they don't give it as much time to look for a job that illegal aliens. Just face it the economy would slowly deteriorate.
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Lordzander--we meet again :)\n\nI am surprised at the vehement hatred I see posted in answer to this question. \n\nI have family memebers that would benefit from the president's proposed guest worker program (no amnesty has been proposed), due to  a major screw up with immigration forms being mishandled and no opportunity being given to refile or correct. They are not from Mexico, however they are of latin origin. They are in limbo, waiting for a response. Been waiting two years. They were here on a religious workers' visa. I know of many people who would benefit from a guest worker program. It is a humane response to a very complicated problem.\n\nNow, those of you who don't hang with farmers--will you be willing to pick the crops?  If the food goes unpicked, how much will you be willing to pay for that very scarce head of lettuce?  $5.00 perhaps, if picked by legal American hands?  How could you afford to eat, let alone pay for gas?\n\nHave you considered that unemployment is 4%, which is about 9-10 million Americans. There are about 15-20 million undocumented workers here.  If we subtract that number we still have anywhere from 4~10 million jobs unfilled.  What will happen if we don't have our illegals willing to work for so little?  Competition for workers, jobs that just don't get filled, inflation, a shrinking economy and a falling dollar. None of these are very good things--they all lead to a downward economic spiral.\n\nBut, I can see that most of you who have answered are inspired by hatred rather than facts. Learn to love your illegals and be glad they are here; they allow so many of us to live a very comfortable life.