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Presidents present broad proposals. Only Congress can draft a bill and pass it.

I heard/read:
Some sort of database where jobs are listed. The employer must make the job available to American workers at prevailing wages. Employer must prove no American wanted the job. Worker in home country can also apply, but not be hired until proof no American applied/accepted. Worker gets 3 years. No family at this time. Money that would go into Social Security/Medicare to be deposited to retirement account in worker's home country which can only be accessed there. After timelimit (I don't recall), foreign worker can apply for citizenship. I think W and Tancredo differ on place of residence for worker from which to apply.

I think they key would be setting up the job board and having a way to monitor that the job was wanted by Americans.

And then, there are always the differences between law and implementation, which is the real place where the administration could put in stiffer rules.

But if this was one of my main issues, I would try and have some contact w/the critters involved.

>>>"The employer must make the job available to American workers at prevailing wages. Employer must prove no American wanted the job. Worker in home country can also apply, but not be hired until proof no American applied/accepted."

I'm very familiar with this setup. Its pretty much how it currently is for sponsoring foreign workers.

Did you know that many immigration lawyers specialize in beating this system? They charge around $3,000 to help beat it.

Still, this would be better than un-documented. But brother-in-law employers that are here already will certainly game the system -- much more than those H1 and L1 employers have done so far.

The new part is the database. But even today, the employer is required to run advertisements in the local paper. That's probably just as public.

How do they beat the system? Very careful wording of job requirements. I guess one of the new requirements would be: "Must be bi-lingual" or "I, the employer, can only speak Spanish, so the worker must speak Spanish well."

So, all German or Chinese or English speaking workers would be excluded. Another great benefit of bi-lingualism at work. Welcome to Yugoslavia.

Hoppy