No that’s NOT how it works. They received a card for SPECIFIC time frame. If you read my link it explains the process. 6 or 18 months was the limit. anyone overstaying became an illegal. Just like people who overstay their visa no matter what country they come from.
I would back it if it required farmers to pay min wage. THAT would kill the hiring immediately. But if they did agree to that, the income tax deductions would become mandatory. HE HE
It has it’s up side. But again it has to have a sealed border to work.
We all know how the Bracero program DID work, or WAS INTENDED to work.
But this proposal does not require illegals to leave after a time limit.
This program is about giving the current illegal population some kind of legal status without using the word "amnesty".
Two related items:
As you point out, not all the Braceros left the USA or stayed away after their permits expired. No program is worth the paper it is printed on if the government does not enforce the law.
The government's intent to NOT enforce the law has been on display since Regan's Wetback Program days. I don't have a lot of faith that the same people will suddenly remember their oaths of office.
Since the early days of the Bush administration we have been told by the government and the media that there are "about 12 million illegals living in the USA." Over the years they also have told us that there are anywhere from 1/2 million to 1 million new illegals being added every year.
Yet - Miraculously! - they still tell us there are only around 12 million illegals living here.
If the government could just make that math work on the budget deficits and national debt we would be out of financial trouble in just a few years.
And every single, solitary minimum wage alien would qualify for the earned income credit, aka federal welfare. No thanks.