In any event, as I said, I'm opposed to the guest worker program. Like you, I don't believe it will enacted, but will do all I can to try to convince Congress to drop it altogether. However, for me national security in a post-9/11 world trumps all other issues. There is no Democrat on the scene today who I would trust with national security.
As for the Eisenhower reference, you read more into my purpose than was meant. It was only meant as a reference to the length of time — at least — to which the guest worker precedent stretches back. As I said in #51, it actually goes back further, to the FDR administration. My point should be obvious — that this is not a new problem.
Like you, I don't believe the guest worker proposal is the answer. However, I don't know what the answer is given the current political climate in this country.
By the way, thanks to redistricting having been controlled by Davis and our Marxist legislature, my congress-critter is now Maxine Waters. Yuck! But I will be calling her office to ask what her position is on this issue.
Actually, I do believe there is a considerable difference between the type of guest worker proposal of President Bush and the blanket "you can stay, here's your application for citizenship" amnesty President Reagan signed into law. The former does not automatically lead to citizenship, for example. Like you, I don't believe the guest worker proposal is the answer. However, I don't know what the answer is given the current political climate in this country.
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