some would argue the same. The devils are in the details. I have no trouble with temporary workers if:
1) We know who you are
2) We know where you are living
3) We know what you are doing
4) You are not voting or breaking the law.
1) We know who you are
2) We know where you are living
3) We know what you are doing
4) You are not voting or breaking the law.
5) You come here legally with a work sponsor
6) You don't bring family, much less extended family
7) You leave when the sponsored job is completed
I would add a few conditions such as temporary stay, no children, and financial assistance pledge for health care. I am not sure how these and other conditions would be enforced. Adding conditions increases the cost of guest workers leading to incentives to cheat. Cutting off welfare for guest workers and illegals is necessary.
The rats will never agree to a guest worker program that removes incentives. The rats want more welfare and government dependency. Illegal aliens are the best customers for the rat plans.
5) You work in an industry that has a documented need.
6) You can never ever become an American citizen (OK, maybe for VERY exceptional circumstances with congressional approval).
7) You are entitled to no public benefits, including government schools for your children. Speaking of which...
8) You agree not to have children here, and if you do you are immediately deported and charged with all the expenses associated with the birth.
9) You pay all taxes including social security, but you never can collect social security.
10) A portion (10%?) off your gross earnings goes into an account maintained by your employer sponsor to pay for any damages assessed against you (auto wrecks, etc.). If 4 years after you complete the temporary worker stint and have returned to your country of origin there are no claims, you get the money, without interest.
I think all that is reasonable. The objections come from the states and cities.
I think we need a GOOD guest-worker program: that is, screening and the provision for a large quota from countries that are our friends (Mexico, Colombia, etc.), the ability to go home (which most guest workers want), restrictions on people from Muslim countries (because they are not trustworthy).
Most Spanish-speaking guest workers learn enough English to get by, but I think there should be more ESL programs available, and that for particular things - drivers licenses and voting, for example - a certain level of knowledge of English should be mandatory.
I travel a lot in Spanish speaking countries, and believe me, if you can’t speak Spanish, you’re out of luck. So the US should also require that everybody here who wants to participate in certain activities have a basic knowledge of English.
I don’t mind emergency signs and similar things in Spanish, because it is normal for a country bordered by a country that speaks a different language to have signs in both languages. But I don’t like the idea that somebody could live here all their lives and vote without speaking English.
There was a famous joke about two old Russian ladies boarding a bus in San Francisco (which used to have a large Russian population from the Old World). The driver asks them for the fare in English, and one of them says to the other, “Imagine, we have been here 20 years and still they do not speak Russian!” So this is a common problem.
Most intelligent Americans would agree with you...