[FastCoyote]

"I don't think Bush wants them to go back first, he wants them to pay a fine first, stay in place, apply and then go to work."

An illegal would have to be an idiot to join the guest worker program - he'd be taxed, subject to worker comp, ohsha, everything else. Therefore Guest Worker is dead on arrival.

[Cboldt]

judiciary committee just voted to accept the temporary worker provisions of the McCain/Kennedy bill.

IMMIGRATION NEWS FROM THE SENATE [Kathryn Jean Lopez] Posted at 04:25 PM

[Wasanother]

Then that is where the penalties for employers need to be stiff enough where they don't want to hire them.

[Sunnyflorida]

"An illegal would have to be an idiot to join the guest worker program - he'd be taxed, subject to worker comp, ohsha, everything else. Therefore Guest Worker is dead on arrival."

Exactly. If you think a new guest worker program gets enforced I have a swamp to sell you.