what is Bush's guest worker program?
609915
let them in cause he needs help on his ranch lol
934320
Guest worker problem is dodging issue yet again.  I also take exception to those two statements\n\n1) "They only take jobs Americans won't do" is not true.  They take jobs Americans won't do for THE LOW PAY!!  Companies are just saving money and paying minimum wage (if that).  Americans can't live on minimum wage.  Illegals can, cause they don't pay taxes, don't contribute to Social Security,or don't have to pay health benefits.\n\n2) "Deport all illegals and Americans will pay higher prices" is true but will never happen.  Unfortunately we have no way to track all the illegals in this country now and I highly doubt that if we do have a guest worker program that all illegals will come forward.  Employers will have to pay higher costs in wages and taxes thereby making us pay more for their product/service.\n\nI've said it once, I'll say it again -- I have no problems with people coming into this country to get a better life if they adapt to the American way of life, learn to speak English and become US Citizens like the millions of other immigrants who came to the US have!!\n2)
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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.
484714
No,i do NOT even believe MOST of what he says anymore,so WHY BOTHER!!! Just look at his so called,"guest worker" program!!! WHAT A CROCK!!!! Does he REALLY think people In the U.S. are THAT STUPID??!!!!"Guest worker" is just ANOTHER NAME FOR AMNESTY!!!!!!!!!
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You are referring to the US Diversity Visa Lottery Program.  The program makes 50,000 permanent resident visas available annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.   The winners of the visa lottery are allowed to have their spouses and children accompany them to the US.  The 2007 results indicate that 427 Cubans were selected as primary visa recipients.\n\nReference:\n\nhttp://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1318.html
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United Statates most definetly does not have an "open door" policy with regards to immigration. It does not have an active immigration program like Canada does.\n\nPersonally, as much as I don't like Bush, his guest worker program proposal makes sense, this would stop illegal immigration by a large extent.\n\nAlso I belive that the US should concentrate more on selecting educated people to come to the US, right now these people represent a small minority from the immigration programs available.
913671
the guest-worker program and the fence
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Your link drives to an add for a company that collects "a small fee" to send mail. Isn't this against the policies for Yahoo! Answers?\n\nRevised: Keep in mind that President Bush directs policy (he asked for Congress to do something about immigration in his State of the Union Address), but the people who are considering the new laws are your Senators and Representatives. These are the best recipients for any letters you wish to write at this time. Congress will take up the question again after their break having failed to get a law passed on Friday, April 7, as they had hoped. Any letters you write to them now are much more likely to get noticed!
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Bush and Pelosi have been discussing 'comprehensive reform', read, 'you give me guest workers and I'll give you amnesty'.  However, Homeland Security has said processing just the illegals here under the Senate Bill would create a 10 year back log.  At first blush that isn't good news for anyone legally immigrating.  However, Gates also immediately began pushing for skilled workers, and he has both clout and celebrity value.\n\nThe adminstration seems to be jumping on immigration as the only area where there may not be gridlock with the new Congress.  Question is how all of the populist Democrats who ran on border security to defeat Republicans will vote.
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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.
307587
They will get loopholes for guest workers or get visas to have the people tehre, they cannot not have those workers!
1159029
yes we can !  Hidden in the fine print of the 200 plus page McCain-Kennedy, Senate Immigration Bill and as part of the President Bush's \nGuest Worker program, are free pass amnesty provisions that will allow an unlimited number of illegal aliens to obtain a free pass and   free gas cards  so that the Illegals can take the jobs U.S. citizens cannot afford to drive to.  and give them ss pay backs that was paid in with fake numbers more rewards give me a break
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It is impossible to deport millions of illegal immigrants because you'd need court orders in the millions to facilitate deportation. It would take years and a huge budget. The President's "guest worker program" solution is a fair and balanced decision to an existing problem - this together with increased border security is the best thing for now.
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The shape of the guest worker program would need to be worked out in negotiation of whatever the Senate passes to combine it with what the House passed.\n\nThe President's plan would give a 'path to citizenship' for qualified illegal immigrants. (Terrorists need not apply). It is something like apply, work for 6 years (unknown if that starts now or at a historical date) and learn English.\n\nOpponents are saying that it is essentially amnesty, since there is no real punishment, and there is citizenship opportunity.  The President calls it 'earned citizenship'.  Maybe he figures having to learn English is punishment enough. Clearly the illegal immigrants will think so!
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Wonderful thing Clinton did wasn't it.  Yet people scorn Bush for the economy he was left with.    I think it sould be repealed.... in other words done away with.  But what do I know, I'm a hard working American, seeing every job around go overseas.  Call Dell, and see what type of support you can get when talking to an Indian!
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The President wants to close the borders. This has international and domestic impacts.  Internationally, Mexico is our next door neighbor and a huge source of its funding comes from the funds sent home by immigrants to the United States.  Both the Presidential candidates in Mexico are running on platforms regarding OUR immigration policies.  We like friendly relations with our neighbors. \n\nDomestically, employers want to have access to lower wage workers.  Closing the borders will limit their access to those workers.  Their opposition would make it harder for Bush to address the issue.\n\nDomestically also, there is a huge illegal immigrant population which has never been screened for diseases we have eradicated here, as legal immigrants are screened. Probably more importantly from Bush's point of view, that huge group could easily hide a multitude of terrorists, since they have never been screened for that, either.\n\nSo in building a coalition to address this issue, Bush came up with a guest worker program.  As an incentive to screening the illegal immigrants already here, and for the more human reasons a number of people have already raised on these pages, he came up with a path to citizenship within that program.  That would also bring them within society so that the hard case undesirables wouldn't be shielded by Hispanics who would normally have nothing to do with them.\n\nHe is defending the country as he sees it.\n\nWhat do I think of his approach?  I could design a program with all of those elements that I could live with. Part of it would be to make sure the employers funded the social services needed to support their work force. That would also make their wages more on par with those of our own workers which would help even the playing field. Another part of my plan would be to make the whole thing conditional on a truly secure border. Unfortunately, Bush hasn't asked me to write up the program.
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I totally agree, a migrant worker program would be fine. The only problem I personally have with illegal immigrants is the gangs they are starting(MS-13, Sur-13, Nor-14) And some homeless people just enjoy living their life how it is, they prefer to not have any true belongings. I think we do need to force people who rely soley on welfare to take a job, even it is "beneath them".