[kimosabe31]

"The country absolutely wants control of the borders," Gingrich said.

He got that one right.

A well-designed guest worker program would have the support of 75 percent to 80 percent of the American people, he said.

Don't think he got that one right.

[Smokin' Joe]

A well-designed guest worker program would have the support of 75 percent to 80 percent of the American people, he said.

Key words: well designed. The current green card/legal immigrant program is not a problem, it is the illegals who are.

People come here to work without any intent of becoming citizens, and not just from Mexico.

I have met people from all over the world working in the oil patch in the US, they are here to gain experience, and will return to their countries and work there, probably for the same corporations they worked for while here.

It is the people who come here illegally who are a problem.

As far as the Federal handling of Katrina, well, most of that bungling was in allowing the press to present the SNAFUs of NOLA as being the Federal Government's fault. Properly handled, those birds of blame would only have been allowed to roost where they belonged. The foul-ups were mostly on the PR end, not so much the logistical one.

[RHINO369]

"Don't think he got that one right."

I'd be for a guest worker plan that brought in workers only, that worked seasonal jobs that couldn't be filled, and the guest workers were in place of normal immigrants. So instead of letting a bunch of legal immigrants in, we just let them come work here, not both.

However the Bush guest worker program leads to citizen which is just an amnesty, and isn't a GUEST workers program.

Plus I just don't trust our government not to screw it up, so if they close the border completely, then kick out all the illegals and we are short on labor, then I'd start to want a guest worker program.

I think the majority of people support the guest worker program because they'd rather them go home than stay permanently. Unfortunately it just shows how ignorant the public is on the guest worker programs.

[peyton randolph]

A well-designed guest worker program would have the support of 75 percent to 80 percent of the American people, he said.

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I'd support a program that enabled the best and the brightest (doctors, scientists, engineers, etc.) to come over as guest workers. That doesn't mean a jobs program for illiterates...and it doesn't mean a 'path to citizenship' either. I'd also means test citizenship applications. Unless you've married a U.S. citizen, you don't get to come to the U.S. unless you bring a minimum of $ 1 million in assets with you. Citizenship should be valued...not given out to the dregs of Mexico.

[xzins]

I wouldn't have any trouble with workers being here from another country IF they were immediately trackable, and if there was no doubt that they would leave the country as soon as their time had expired.

We have workers in Germany right now with the American military and other agencies, but they're not automatically given access to the German social system. After their time's up, they leave. There is a program for extensions, and some get them, but even then they don't become German citizens.

[marvlus]

A well-designed guest worker program would have the support of 75 percent to 80 percent of the American people, he said.

Don't think he got that one right.

Of course he got that right. The problem is that there may never be a guest worker program that 75 - 80 percent of the Americans will approve.

[RockinRight]

If you say "well designed" then yes, I think he's right.

A guest worker program is fine if you make sure that A-it is in NO WAY a guarantee of citizenship or permanent resident status, B-they must apply from their country of origin, C-we do something to stop more illegals from entering (fence, patrols, etc.)