[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

He has, after all, consistently supported a guest-worker program

True, but so have Palin and Romney. And I think that in itself is bad enough. A guest worker program during a time of painful unemployment?

and a path to citizenship for undocumented workers

That is not so clear. Some may agree with the author without examining the evidence, but listen.

What Perry claims is that he is for some kind of guest worker program without a path to citizenship. 2006: That’s why I support a guest worker program that takes undocumented workers off the black market and legitimizes their economic contributions without providing them citizenship status.

If that statement is true, I believe that it would be very difficult for him to keep "a path to citizenship" from following his "guest worker" program. If he really wanted to make sure that no "path to citizenship" would result, he would need a very carefully crafted immigration bill, with the good will of congress, and we have all seen enough immigration sausage making to guess how that would turn out.

Even if Perry had no intention of allowing a "path to citizenship," we would probably be lucky if a Perry immigration bill failed in congress.

Plus, there is Perry's 2001 statement President Fox’s vision for an open border is a vision I embrace, as long as we demonstrate the will to address the obstacles to it. An open border means poverty has given way to opportunity, and Mexico’s citizens do not feel compelled to cross the border to find that opportunity. With an open border, illegals don't feel compelled to cross it. At a minimum, this is naive. It is a disturbing example of pandering, and it's still on his website.

How about making e-verify mandatory, making sanctuary cities and rogue governors like Duval feel the heat, and trying some good faith enforcement for a change?

[stephenjohnbanker]

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[algernonpj]

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[sickoflibs]

RE :"He has, after all, consistently supported a guest-worker program. True, but so have Palin and Romney. And I think that in itself is bad enough. A guest worker program during a time of painful unemployment? "

You have to wonder about anyone that says we need a guest worker program with so many displaced low skilled workers on different forms of public handouts and with very little hope in sight of any real employment for them anytime in the future. No I dont believe that Republicans have a magic solution to our lack of employment no matter what they claim. And Democrats just care about the next election which is why their proposals are all just more handouts.

Maybe the poor unemployed need to take the jobs that RINOs want to give to guest illegal workers.