"If 'temporary means temporary' when it comes to a program for future
workers, it creates two big problems: it either creates a churning second-class
workforce with limited rights and opportunities, or, more likely, it creates
incentives for immigrant workers to ‘jump the program,' creating another fast
growing poll of undocumented workers. Workers without any opportunity to put
down roots could be used against low-wage workers already here. We oppose guest
worker programs. However, we do support a temporary worker program with a path
to citizenship as a way to provide legal channels for future migration. We
believe it unlikely that even the best enforcement system will stop undocumented
immigration unless a 'break the mold' new worker program is created, providing
new workers equal rights and a realistic, structured path to citizenship."
It appears to me that this new bill is dead in the water. The blogs on the left are calling it amnesty and the blogs on the right are slamming the bill as well. I agree that the creation of a second class of worker, that this bill creates is unhealthy for the nation and for the immigrants themselves. Further I think that what is needed is a clear path to citizenship, this is not a path to citizenship clear or otherwise. It is putting todays problems off until tomorrow much as the amnesty bill of the 80's signed by Regan did.
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