Guest Worker Program
Much controversy has surrounded the delicate subject known as the guest worker program. The question of whether the guest worker members, employed in the H-2A and H-2B programs, are treated fairly and receive fair pay is a one sided argument considering all the evidence and statements from mistreated workers. In some incidents workers were cheated out of their pay and worked in ill-suited environments. For instance, migrant workers in both the H-2A and H-2B programs were often already in debt by the time they could engage in work related activities because of job placement and illegal recruitment fees. I will argue how we need to improve the guest worker program and that it is in our best interest to not have families separated because of the program.
On January 7, 2007, President George W. Bush gave insight on immigration policy stating; “I propose a new temporary worker program that will match willing foreign workers with willing American employers, when no Americans can be found to fill the jobs.” Bush proposed that a guest worker program be created to allow for immigrant workers to be hired, temporarily, by certain employers. This would give immigrants a fighting chance at the American dream. This would give them a stable job, so that they could work for a fair wage, without fear of being deported. George W. Bush’s plan would not grant “instant citizenship” but has not specified if his new workers program would even lead to permanent legal residency. His plan would offer illegal immigrants, already in the United States, a chance to receive citizenship. There have been numerous attempts to create a “new and improved” program such as the one George W. Bush requested. For instance, the World War 2 Bracero program gave rise to the number of Mexicans residing, with no intentions of returning to Mexico, in the United States. In the twenty-two years the Bracero program, which lasted from 1942 to 1964, was being used by the Mexican worker population in
On January 7, 2007, President George W. Bush gave insight on immigration policy stating; “I propose a new temporary worker program that will match willing foreign workers with willing American employers, when no Americans can be found to fill the jobs.” Bush proposed that a guest worker program be created to allow for immigrant workers to be hired, temporarily, by certain employers. This would give immigrants a fighting chance at the American dream. This would give them a stable job, so that they could work for a fair wage, without fear of being deported. George W. Bush’s plan would not grant “instant citizenship” but has not specified if his new workers program would even lead to permanent legal residency. His plan would offer illegal immigrants, already in the United States, a chance to receive citizenship. There have been numerous attempts to create a “new and improved” program such as the one George W. Bush requested. For instance, the World War 2 Bracero program gave rise to the number of Mexicans residing, with no intentions of returning to Mexico, in the United States. In the twenty-two years the Bracero program, which lasted from 1942 to 1964, was being used by the Mexican worker population in