A lot of us who currently are of the round-'em-up-and-ship-them-home mentality would be willing to support some level of a worker program that would give this special interest what it wants if FIRST they would seal the border and make efforts to reduce the population of illegals already here.
If we need workers ... and with unemployment so low, I know that we do ... then that's fine. But what we do not need is outlaws running around unaccounted for.
Until the federal government respects its obligation to the citizens of this nation, no worker program will get through without heavy opposition from the voters.
When we end welfare and change labor laws I'll go for a work program. As long as we have Americans sucking up tax dollars and laws discouraging work, we don't need cheap foreign labor.