Posted on 03/12/2007 12:37:41 PM PDT by SmithL
WASHINGTON, (AP) -- A civil rights organization wants Congress to closely examine what it says are abuses in existing guestworker programs before creating a new one to curb illegal immigration.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, based in Montgomery, Ala., said foreigners hired through programs for farm and non-farm laborers work in conditions akin to indentured servitude.
Workers are routinely cheated of wages, forced to turn over deeds to homes and pay thousands in fees to recruiters, leaving them beholden to unscrupulous employers to pay off debt, the center said in a report Monday.
"The title of the report 'Close to Slavery' is an accurate depiction of guestworker programs in the United States. It is not mere hyperbole," Richard Cohen, the center's chief executive officer, said at a National Press Club news conference.
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Maybe The Southern Poverty Law Center needs to go a lot farther south to try to stop the real abuse of workers. On the other hand they wouldn't last a whole day down there.
The minute you read "Southern Poverty Law", stop reading immediately and go wash your face and hands.
President Bush doesn't even want to give the illusion of an impression that he would clamp down on the border so halting all immigration seems way out there.
After that let's look at our insane lottery style immigration policy.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is full of lying Communists. They are about the last people in the world to understand what is wrong with this infamous program.
I normaly would agree, but in this case, the SPLC is 100% correct.
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