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Actually, I'm joined by most Republicans. Not the most vocal, I'll grant you that, but most Republicans favor guest worker programs. Poll after poll shows that. The only way the anti-immigration side can get a poll to say something different is if they use the word 'Amnesty', which has nothing to do with it, as a guest worker program is a separate issue, but they don't let that get in the way, because they don't want it and they know 'Amnesty' polls poorly while 'Guest workers' don't.

I'm also joined by such folks as George W. Bush, Sam Brownback, and the CATO institute.

Excuse me if I don't feel bad about it.

but most Republicans favor guest worker programs. Poll after poll shows that. The only way the anti-immigration side can get a poll to say something different is if they use the word 'Amnesty', which has nothing to do with it, as a guest worker program is a separate issue, but they don't let that get in the way,

How did that work for us last election? Oh! Never Mind......................

Again I refer you to the Luntz report, and you do not answer questions, only pontificate, about how correct you are, sort of Bob Dole like.

"Actually, I'm joined by most Republicans. Not the most vocal, I'll grant you that, but most Republicans favor guest worker programs. Poll after poll shows that. The only way the anti-immigration side can get a poll to say something different is if they use the word 'Amnesty', which has nothing to do with it, as a guest worker program is a separate issue, but they don't let that get in the way, because they don't want it and they know 'Amnesty' polls poorly while 'Guest workers' don't."

I want to see these polls. My GOP state rep in NE Ohio ran on a heavy anti-illegal immigration platform and won hands down in a district at least 50% Democrat. And a guest worker program IMO is somewhat connected to amnesty, if indeed people who came here illegally and work for substandard wages are reclassified as guest workers. A guest worker program is also connected to amnesty if the border is not controlled beforehand, since it tells everyone who came before illegally that they paved the way for even increasing numbers who can come as guest workers. I don't understand how anyone can observe the California economy, for example, with it's plethora of illegals monopolizing so many of the contracting jobs that once went to indigenous Americans, and not think things are screwed up. It's not xenophobia to put indigenous Americans and legal immigrants first.