In 1996 an AgJobs amendment offered by a California congressman to an immigration bill was voted down in Congress. They may have continued working on one but the support is not there to bring in millions more agworkers as well as give another massive amnesty. Craig can huff and puff all he wants but I have serious doubts it's going anywhere past the Senate.
Is it possible some form of a guest worker program will get passed? Maybe, I don't know. All I'm saying and have been saying if you were paying attention is they will need to couple strong interior enforcement with any program because a new program by itself will not stop or even slow down the illegal alien flow.
They negotiated for a long time and the growers/republicans refused to yield. Their reasoning was that the republicans were growing stronger so the longer they waited, the better the deal that they could negotiate.
This all changed when it became obvious that the republicans were splitting. The word went out in mid 03. Make your best deal now.
In a straight up vote on the floor of the House, AgJobs will pass. It only takes 15 republicans joining with the dems.