You got me - you seem to be saying that a program that is started is good enough, no matter whether it does what it was meant to do, is effective, or how awful the secondary effects are. Never mind corruption and runaway expenses.
Yes, Medicare and Medicaid programs started up fairly fast, and I can't imagine that anyone would have opted for either program if they knew how they would turn out.
I really should have said "expedient" not "expeditious".
No, I'm saying that I disagree with you about how effective it would be, and am willing to put it to the test. If it shows itself to be largely ineffective, we could then move on to your idea, and we'd already be three quarters of the way there. There's no valid reason for any supporter of a guest-worker program to be so adamantly opposed to this route, to the point of holding things up for years. How much has that cost us, in terms of dollars as well as opportunities for crime and corruption?