Thoughts on Immigration Policy Changes

Recently President Bush’s concept to set up a Guest Worker Program has come under intense fire from his own supporters. The concept in greeted as just another amnesty for illegal immigrants although the plan does not automatically grant citizenship to guest workers. The cry is that criminal trespassers are being given a reward which will just lead to an increased avalanche of Mexicans paddling across the border. But we do need the workers and we do need to control the flow of non-citizens in and out of this country. How about this? Have the plan only for new people from Mexico or other countries, signing up as the plan envisions, being vetted with cooperation of the Mexican government to disallow criminals and the like. The current many millions of illegals would have to return to Mexico before being allowed to enter the program. They would be given a period to return to Mexico. If they are caught after this deadline they would be forever disallowed from being in the Guest Worker Program. To make any of this work a there needs to be a Federal Law that all law enforcement officers in the United States must turn over any and all illegals to the Homeland Security Department and to have deportation swift and sure.