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To: Poohbah
1. The guest worker will have been registered and fingerprinted before entering the country, and will have a record of his whereabouts.

It's a big country. It's very easy to get lost in it. If you think the government is going to keep track of every guest worker, and will no exactly where they are when they lose their jobs, you're living in a dream world.

In case it escaped your notice, we don't have that with the current situation. It will make it much easier to catch those who are breaking the law.

2. The employer will notify the government when the worker is no longer in his employ.

So you've got their fingerprints. Big deal. As soon as they lose or quit their job, they move. Then try finding them.

Again, we don't have that with the current situation.

The illegal alien problem was a hell of a lot more manageable before 1965. Returning to the pre-1965 standard would be the best solution, IMNHO.

I'd be very happy to return to the pre-1965 regime. Legal immigration was strictly limited to under 200,000 per year. The government was not afraid to launch massive deportation sweeps like operation wetback (that deported over 2 million people). Children of illegals were not granted automatic citizenship. And finally, but most importantly, guest workers had to apply before they arrived. If they were here illegally at any point, they were subject to deportation.

So yeah, let's return back to the pre-1965 regime. I'm all for it. This proposal, however, doesn't even come close to doing that.

695 posted on 11/11/2004 12:05:37 PM PST by curiosity
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To: curiosity
It's a big country. It's very easy to get lost in it. If you think the government is going to keep track of every guest worker, and will no exactly where they are when they lose their jobs, you're living in a dream world.

You don't need perfection. If you ARE demanding perfection, then you're the one living in a dream world.

Big deal. As soon as they lose or quit their job, they move. Then try finding them.

They'd have to abandon things such as their cars.

And they'd have to have a perfect police record. ANY arrest would equal deportation.

And in the situation where it's relatively easy to hire a legal worker compared to now, fewer businessmen will take the chance of doing so. This will make finding the ones that do much easier, as their anomalous behavior will stand out against the background.

698 posted on 11/11/2004 12:24:15 PM PST by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
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