[jimt]

Good post.

[oscars300]

I see that some agribusiness shill got their article published in the National Review.

To claim that the US has been serious about immigration enforcement in the last few decades is akin to railing over how “9/11 was an inside job”.

[dirtboy]

Guest worker programs have worked so well in Europe. /sarc

[kabar]

What a heaping pile of crap. The GOP is boought and paid for by corporate interests. We don't need guest workers, especially with 13.3 million Americans out of work. And guest workers don't go home. .

Professional Guestworker Visas and Employment Opportunities for U.S. Workers

[cripplecreek]

We’ve had guest worker programs for my entire 44 years on this planet.

The truth is that somebody wants a new round of guest worker programs, then another, then another, then another.

[tiki]

I think they went back and read some of my old posts for this article.

[DTogo]

A guest worker program would be good but the workers must come in through the front door, and leave when required, perhaps incentivized to do so by levying an additional 10~20% "tax" on their wages that can be reclaimed upon exiting the US.

The border still needs to be secured and current immigration laws should still be enforced - against illegals and their employers.

[Plutarch]

The second any ‘Guest Worker’ sets foot on US soil the Democrat party rushes to provide a Green Card, welfare, and a ballot. Who is going to send the guest home? No one, and this shill knows it.

[umgud]

So if we want to reduce the number of illegal entries, the best course is to give workers more legal channels.

Well intended article, but I have to disagree with htis statement. While it may have some effect, the real way to reduce illegal immigration is to remove the magnet(s). No more public services for illegals...period. No more anchor babies.

[andy58-in-nh]

A necessary precondition for any type of immigration reform, whether a "guest worker" program or enhanced visas is to regain control of our borders. Unless we stop the flow of illegals and forcibly return those already here any "reforms" will be openly ignored, mocked, and doomed to failure.

There are too many Americans out of work for our industries to pretend we have a labor shortage. We don't. What we have is a perverse set of incentives whereby our government pretends to guard the borders in exchange for cheap labor that isn't really cheap.

[HiJinx]

Well... Ping!

[Regulator]

Some stuffy banker named Mal Factor writes a stupid article that's decades out of date and someone actually cares?

Must be slow news day...

[ZULU]

Guest worker programs are bad for America.

There are LOTS of people who want to be Americans and would be more than willing to come and work here if we need the labor.

I don't think we should be providing income and benefits to people who are not interested in becoming Americans and have no commitment to becoming a part of our culture.

Guest worker plans will just create a legally exploited underclass of hostile, disgruntled people who will congregate in ethnic enclaves and be a potential source of social unrest. Their allegiance will always be to a foreign power and they will funnel American dollars back to some rotten third world rathole where their family resides.

And finally, guest workers will suppress the wages of all Americans - native born and legally nationalized.

With respect to the guest worker part of this article, Mr. Banker should go back to the books. At this point, I have all I need to hear from Banks and bankers.