How are we going to track guest workers when we currently do not have the means to track people entering the country on legal visas?
How are we going to get the guest workers to leave the country when we "no longer need them" or their guest worker visa has expired, when we currently can't even get the illegals out of the country or those overstaying their visas? The whiners who are putting water bottles & beacons out in the deserts now, are going to be crying when we tell guest workers they have to go home.
If a guest worker has a baby in the US, is the child automatically a citizen?
If the guest workers come in and receive legal wages, benefits and have more legal recourse against employers, while employers have to start paying taxes, the guest workers' wages will be comparable to the wages for US citizens. Won’t this eliminate the “cheap labor” advantage illegals have over American workers? Why hire some uneducated, guest worker that doesn’t speak English at relatively the same cost as an American worker?
I think anchor babies and family reunification that allows someone to "sponsor" a relative they immediately get on SSI and Medicaid need to stop ---I think the entire immigration system needs to be reformed. I just don't know how 100% can be deported because there are some who work for cash and are pretty "blended in" ---how can you get them without federal agents coming uninvited onto private property looking for them? They can be deported if and when they try to access government services or try to obtain free medical care.
I also think that needs to be done ---eliminate the advantage they have because they can bring in families and have taxpayers pay the full cost so are able to work for much less than an American can. They also need to start paying taxes on their income just like Americans must do --and that also will eliminate much of their advantage.
That's the problem with any kind of legalization plan, it will make the current illegals obsolete. Management will still need new recruits from south of the border. The newly legalized who command a higher wage will no longer be in demand and will be laid off in greater numbers.
Those who are current illegals and employed are really shooting themselves in the foot by asking for amnesty. They'll see the error when another 10 million illegals come to take their place.