Guest Worker Program

A temporary worker program ought to be focused on employment, and not an expedited path to citizenship. Moreover, guest workers should be allowed to apply for citizenship under our existing immigration laws; however, they should be required to get in line with everyone else who has followed the law.

An efficient and workable guest worker program must be developed that will provide employers with a reliable and legal system to provide employment opportunities to guest workers. It must ensure that American citizens have the first right to access available jobs. There is significant debate about whether American citizens are losing U.S. jobs to workers from other countries. However, this debate can be resolved by assuring that any jobs made available in a guest worker program are first available to U.S. workers. Manageable ways to assure this have already been identified.

A guest worker program that incorporates these principles would be fair and workable and would have broad support among U.S. citizens. Throughout the history of the United States, our immigration laws have been periodically altered and adapted to meet our changing needs and circumstances. It is clear that reforms are needed once again.

 

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