This strikes me as some kind of backdoor fair wage thing. Are these scumballs are trying to sneak one past us?
"Yes, they likely would. Maybe it could be a good idea after all, but I doubt this was what was on the mind of those backing it."
Absolutely. But better is to kill any new guest worker program for "unskilled" or any labor.
It could also have the benefit of being a poison pill to those Senators who think they are voting in the interest of their various Chambers of Commerce. After all, the business interest isn't in bodies to hire but CHEAP bodies to hire. It basically removes the financial incentive driving the import of cheap labor. Also....I think people are assuming that this bill passes the Senate and are thinking only in terms of stopping it in the House. Don't forget it still has to get 60 votes for cloture. That means Republicans can afford 15 to 18 (if the 3 conservative Dems vote with us) defections and still manage to sustain a filibuster. A slim hope, perhaps but not impossible to imagine.