With the number of labor-intensive acres going up in California, their behavior does not seem to suggest that they see a labor shortage, even if that's what they tell reporters. Farmers always think there's not enough labor. It's a very unpredictable business. You can't control the weather. The one thing you can push for is a lax immigration program, or a guest-worker program.
Quotes about guest-worker (15 Quotes)
One-third of the national sample said all illegal aliens should be sent home now one-third say they support guest-worker status accorded to some form and some period of time, and one-third said let them all stay.
Congressmen are increasingly uneasy about being seen as soft on immigration control. I would bet that we end up with an enforcement-only bill and no guest-worker program.
To some extent, (Bush) is having to recover a little bit in terms of framing the debate. Many people didn't figure out how (guest-worker visas) fit into the overall issue.
Any realistic guest-worker program must include provisions for those who are already in this country regardless of how they arrived here,
We don't support amnesty. We want secure borders. What we're looking for is a workable guest-worker program. Our current system is broken.
A lot of us want to support a guest-worker plan down the road, but first and foremost, we have to secure the border.
I have long been a proponent of a guest-worker program between the United States and Mexico, and in particular I have proposed that Arizona would be an ideal location for a pilot project.
Yes, we want guest-worker programs, too, but first we want legalization.
We're hoping to get a guest-worker program through the U.S. Senate in 2006. That would be a good start toward addressing the problem.
What we favor is everybody coming out of the shadows, paying a fine and becoming part of a legal guest-worker program. That would not necessarily take away their right to apply for citizenship, but what it does say is you can be part of a guest-worker program and get in line with everybody else for citizenship.
We know the average construction worker in America is 53. We also know that America's youth is not lining up to learn the skilled crafts. . . . If the federal government doesn't come up with a functional guest-worker program, we will have some problems, and not just in Arizona.
We've got to control these borders first, then we can talk about a guest-worker program.
A recent Pew Hispanic survey found that more than 70 percent of illegal immigrants from Mexico are interested in a guest-worker program and then returning home.
Support of a guest-worker program is a significant finding. Republicans and Democrats, voters and nonvoters are all in favor of a guest-worker program.