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I just read that the poverty threshold in 2000 for a six-person household was $23,528."

Whoa, nellie... '6-person household' ... nah, the Govt would not define the standard in a way that would exclude more families, now would they? :-)

"Of course, a person with just a wife and one child would be
above the poverty level even if he makes less than that,"

exactly my point. dunno the exact point, but I'm guessing around $8/hr or so (fulltime).

"In any case, your concern is a valid one and I hope Senator Cornyn changes his rule to
150% or 200% of the poverty level before guest workers may bring in their families."

If I run into him, I'll tell him! :-)

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"dunno the exact point, but I'm guessing around $8/hr or so (fulltime)."

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Even if we assume that the poverty rate for a one-person family is a little over $6 an hour for someone who works 40 hours a week for a full year (which I think is lower than the actual poverty rate, since something like 12% of Americans live under the federal poverty rate), so 125% above the poverty rate for one person would be like $8 an hour, the second the guest worker brought in his wife and kids he would go below the poverty rate, since the threshhold is much higher for multi-member families. I assume the Cornyn plan says that if you want to bring in your wife and two kids, your income must be at least 125% of the poverty rate for a 4-person household. But in any event, as I said, that percentage should be jacked up to 150% or 200%.