Guest worker program?
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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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Assuming you are talking about immigration control:\n\n"...blue card program for temporary guest workers that says, If you give us a thumb print and an iris scan, if you agree to obey the law and pay taxes, if you're here to get a job, and if you agree that we can remove you from the U.S. in 72 hours if you break the law, we'll allow you to be our guest."
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Key provisions of the Senate's main immigration bill would create a "gold card" program for illegal immigrants who entered the United States before Jan. 4, 2004, and create a guest worker program to bring in more foreign laborers, according to Senate Judiciary Committee staff members.\n\nThe committee is to begin debating the measure Wednesday under a three-week timetable aimed at producing a final version for the full Senate by March 27.\n\nSponsored by the committee chairman, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., the legislation is designed to strike a middle course between a bill passed by the House that calls for tougher immigration enforcement and the wishes of pro-immigration advocates who call for permanent legal status -- and eventual citizenship -- for an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants.\n\nPresident Bush, defying objections from conservatives, has called for an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws and the creation of a temporary guest worker program to ensure a steady source of labor for U.S. businesses. Under Bush's plan, qualified workers, including residents now living here illegally, could stay in jobs for up to six years, then would be required to return home.In a move to build support for Bush's guest worker amnesty plan, administration officials talked about how they would actually implement the program. Jaws dropped as the administration reps explained the centerpiece of the program, a "Gold Card" that would enable illegal aliens to enter the U.S. at will, and work at any job with no labor market or other tests needed but would deny them citizenship. "Gold Card" would be valid forever, similar to current "Green Cards" but illegal aliens holding a "Gold Card" would not be able to adjust their status through naturalization.
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It is cheap to the employer because the taxpayers pay the benefits for the employer's employees.  That is why the employers are pushing the guest worker program.  The smallest part of the guest worker program allows limited potential legalization for some current illegals.  Most of the guest worker program is to provide a going forward cheap (to employers) work force to the tune of 185 million to 217 million poor immigrants over the next 20 years.  \n\nThis is intended to permanently drive down wages for the less skilled.  Meanwhile, the employers want to welcome the new immigrant's families so the schools and social services throughout the country will be overburdened.   (Did you know that it costs $18,000 per year to educate a single child in California?) As a result, education through the public schools will degrade even further, and upward mobility will be reduced.\n\nWe will become an upper crust of rich and a vast lower class of poor with perpetually reduced wages and educational options.\n\nWait a second, isn't that what the illegals broke into our country to avoid?\n\nTell your Congressmen that having no bill is better than the Senate Bill. Make them go back and come up with something sensible.
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Oh, better than 'minimum wage'.  'Prevailing wage' applies.  It doesn't apply to Americans except at government sites.  However, this is to keep guest workers from being brought in just to depress wages, so that part I am OK with.\n\nI just think the whole idea that we will keep track of them once they get here, when we have never kept track of visa holders before is ludicrous.
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It will still be the issue of enforcement. We have a guest worker program. If they enforced the laws we would not be in this situation.
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You need a work Visa.
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Assuming that you are working in USA, I suggest you go to the US Dep. of Labor site. They provide detailed information on the subject.
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Try some churches or the Salvation Army.  Call your Dept of Economic Security to ask them for programs in your area.
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What is a dislocated workers program?
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You need to call the labor relation board in your state and see if that is legal. It doesn't sound like it but they would know the answers. You can do it without stating what company you work for.
881753
Go to the Canadian Consolate and pick up your workers visa
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If everything works according to policy, it solves the problem for those employers who do not wish to willingly hire an illegal alien.  The program has been in place for 2 years, so I would guess that any company that wishes to be in compliance has already signed up.  \nThis does not address the issue of employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens and pay them under the table.  Strict enforcement of current hiring laws is the only way to deter compliance from these employers.
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Check with local unemployment office.  Not sure company would have to provide this.
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Guest workers sound great in theory.  But it will be like having illegals with a voice.  Are they citizens?  No.  But they will march just like the pro-illegals marching tomorrow, and guest workers will have a legal foundation to their argument.  People will be more sympathetic:  "Oh, we invited them in."\n\nI'm against the guest worker program.  Read the following.  It's long but good, and I wrote it.\n\n----\n\n\nIllegals aliens are NOT citizens.  They have only HUMAN rights in the USA.  THAT'S IT.  They have no Constitutionally guaranteed rights.\n\nDeporting them is NOT a civil rights issue.  We have the right to manage our immigration policy however we see fit.\n\nAnd regarding compassion, I have tons of compassion for them.  But we have a country to run, and we can't let people just waltz into the USA.  WE CAN'T ALLOW THEM TO IMPORT POLITICS.  Poor, uneducated, illiterate people tend to like SOCIALISM.  I don't.  I'm not talking about good all-american bleeding heart liberalism. I'm talking about Castro quality SOCIALISM.\n\nAlso, they are massing in the Southwest by the MILLIONS.  Do you realize that the population of TEXAS is 22 million.  And the proposed legislation wants to make 12 million illegals citizens.  And MOST of those are in the Southwest.  So, don't you think the people of these states have the right to not get their vote diluted by potential SOCIALISTS. This is not about race.  I have no problem with people who are here legally.  But when you allow millions of people in, they congregate together and hold the same political leanings (like allegiance to Mexico and socialistic beliefs).  The fact that most can't speak English just strengthens their solidarity and reinforces their beliefs because they can't understand what most Americans are saying.\n\nThis has the makings of ethnic strife written all over it.  Look at Northern Ireland. Iraq. France. Cyprus. Sudan. Turkey AND Iran with the Kurds.  Quebec in France.  Rwanda.  Yugoslavia.  Chechnya.  China.  And let's not forget Mexico itself, with the indian uprising in the Chiapis.  There is a clear correlation between ethnic strife and large areas that do not integrate into the whole.  This is what will happen if we have entire cities with millions of new non-English speaking citizens spring up in the southwest.  And this will happen if we have an open border.  The 12 million that we're talking about right now is just a start.  What about the next 30 years???  \n\nThe homogeneous culture of America is probably what made America as great as it is.  It is the most populace country in the world with a homogeneous culture.  Yes, we are filled with different races, religions, and ethnicities.  But they all came in, interacted with the other ethnicities, and diffused into living side by side.  Small areas did spring up with primarily one race/religion/ethnicity -- and there was almost always some amount of strife in that area.  Fortunately the areas were small enough to not expand to the level of a national conflict.\n\nAnd don't be fooled by the "guest worker" program.  They'll still be dirt poor, but "legal."  Then they'll have a basis for petitioning for rights.  They WILL want citizenship EN MASSE.  It will be the exact same situation, but worse since they'll have been INVITED.\n\nThe best outcome would be that we can integrate them all in.  But that will not happen.  They are poor.  We are typically the product of our homes, and the homes will be uneducated and spanish speaking.  The second best outcome would be a peaceful secession.\n\nPersonally, I'd rather pay a dollar more per pound of oranges, rather than have my kids or grandkids bombed or have to fight a civil war.
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Sorry -- I don't know of any program like that -- the one way to obtain the MONEY for a deposit on an Apartment is to GET A JOB and save up for the deposit.
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They are in favor of a "path to citizenship" (DNC Website) which is the same thing as Bush's "guest worker program".  Look for amnesty coming up.