None of this means anything if you haven't secured the border.
Forget "comprehensive" solutions, secure the border. If you can't even do that, how is anyone supposed to believe you can police a guest worker system?
Any guest worker program, any so-called "comprehensive" immigration reform is a fraud if the border is not secure. Build the fence, and let current law handle the people who are here now. How about that? Build the fence, enforce the law, and if we need to adjust immigrant quotas, do it.
Frankly, though, I am completely opposed to any guest worker program whether fraudulent or not. If you need someone badly enough to bring him in from abroad, even the near-abroad, then give him immigrant status and full protection under the law. If you don't need him badly enough to give him full immigrant status, then guess what, you don't need him that bad.
The border is nowhere near closed. About 10 days ago, in a three hour period, 14 civilians detained 10 illegals that slipped between National Guard posts.