A Guest Worker program is just another name for Amnesty. The illegals know how to game our system very well with phony documents, payoffs and anchor babies. Bush knows the game too, which is why Amnesty will be called Guest Worker to make it sound less of an affront to Americans than it is. Also, why would you think for one second that our government would suddenly get discipline in the system when it has not evidenced a shred of discipline on immigration? EVER! You don't think the media would be running countless sob stories of guest workers forced to go home after their time is up?
That's far preferable than causing an immediate economic depression which is what is being advocated on this thread.
In recessions the hallmark of insanity is to import more illegal labor into the system. Many Americans are already experiencing a depression because of illegal immigration and there are quite a few white-collar people in the same situation with the gross excesses of H1-B visas. It is time for the business sector to get a dose of their own medicine. Again, I have no sympathy for those that chose to break our laws and hire illegal labor.
It doesn't have to be... and we have Guest Worker programs now.
I don't have any problems with Guest Workers or legal immigrants who play by the rules and pay their own way. I think the threat of asset forfeiture would be a huge disincentive to those who would game our system.
Throw on 5 to 10 years for documentation violations, with permanent sanctions... How's that?
