As I said I only support a Guest Worker progrma for people applying from outside the country or people already here legally.
The people comming to the US under such a program would be here legally. If they come here and provide a possitive contribution to our society and we end up with measurable evidence that they are productive and alw abiding, why shouldn't that be an avenue toward citizenship.
I also fail to see how it would be any form of amnesty?
A couple of points. Why should people who come here on a "temporary" visa program to work be able to jump infront of the millions of other people around the world trying to immigrate here? Secondly, does that not defeat the purpose of a "temporary" worker program?
I would support a temporary worker program, but that is all. I don't think it is in the best interests of anybody to provide citizenship at the end of the stay. We should be focusing on building up the economies and infrastructure of the Latin American countries before we start bringing in workers on a permanent basis.
besides that point, if you give a worker amnesty at the end of his term, you are essentially giving citizenship to the multiple family members he/she chooses to bring. it would result in, according to some of the numbers I have seen, an addition of some 40 million people after only a few years.
BTW., just to clear my position up, I have stated on this forum on more than one occasion that I vastly prefer the Kyl/Cornyn Plan(which may or may not be along the lines of what Bush is proposing) to the McCain/Kennedy Plan.