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The Hill
February 18, 2018
Why aren't even more farmers using this program and why do politicians and members of the media insist that we need a guest worker program for farm workers? First, the H-2A program imposes a number of requirements, and plenty of bureaucracy and government oversight on farmers. In order to proveÃÂ ...
Vox
February 14, 2018
For more than a decade — ever since the Bush administration failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform in 2006 and 2007 — conventional wisdom .... about the composition of future electorates, than Republican voters (many of whom are leery of anything that smacks of a “guest worker” program).
Sun Sentinel
February 14, 2018
Jeb Bush recently joined former Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President and CEO Richard Fisher in discussing America's immigration system. ... Jeb Bush: The solution is a guest worker program that exists based on demand and that ebbs and flows based upon our economic needs. We've had that in theÃÂ ...
PolitiFact
January 26, 2018
Then-President George W. Bush commended the Senate "for passing bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform" and said he looked forward to working with both chambers. But the bill was never taken ... It did not include a guest worker program or the legalization of immigrants. Instead of voting on theÃÂ ...
Construction Dive
January 24, 2018
There could be an unanticipated impact on the construction industry, however, said political analyst and consultant Jeff Bush. “If 10% of DACA kids are in ... Since 2013, Young said, the AGC has been advocating for a guest worker program that would “ebb and flow” along with the industry's labor demands.
Mexico News Daily
January 23, 2018
They had nothing to do with the GREAT BUSH RECESSION that took us 6 years to dig out of. Trump scapegoats Mexican .... My solution would be to enforce labor hiring laws with some teeth and maybe a well controlled guest worker program instead of your dumb ass expensive ugly wall. Your mind is notÃÂ ...
RealClearPolitics
January 17, 2018
That number is about 94 percent smaller than the Bush- and Obama-era amnesty proposals, which would have resulted in upward of 11 million illegal ... as well, including increasing the number of green cards available for certain skilled workers and creating a workable agricultural guest-worker program.
Newburgh Gazette
January 14, 2018
All hope for a usable guest worker program for Mexicans is gone, as is the notion of expanding the H-1B visa program for technology-related work. ... But thanks to the Iraq war and Hurricane Katrina, Bush's popularity was at its lowest by then, and the bill got run out of town by the anti-amnesty brigade ledÃÂ ...
Reason (blog)
January 12, 2018
All hope for a usable guest worker program for Mexicans is gone, as is the notion of expanding the H-1B visa program for technology-related work. Trump ... Obama could have run with the momentum that Bush had built to push immigration reform over the finish line, especially since there were plenty ofÃÂ ...
The Week Magazine
January 10, 2018
All hope for a usable guest worker program for Mexicans is gone, as is the notion of expanding the H-1B visa program for technology-related work. Trump ... This could have all been avoided if Obama had picked up where former President George W. Bush left off on the issue, when he tried to push a majorÃÂ ...
Slate Magazine
October 20, 2017
Opposition to Bush's comprehensive immigration reform proposal came from restrictionists on the political right. Yet it also came from some on the left, including several members of the Congressional Black Caucus, who feared Bush's guest-worker program would create a class of laborers who'd beÃÂ ...
Texas Tribune
July 16, 2016
Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, on what Pence was touting as a “21st century guest-worker program.” The proposed legislation would have obligated then-President George W. Bush to certify the border was secure before lawmakers could move forward on crafting a proposed guest-worker program, theÃÂ ...
CNN
April 2, 2006
Such a guest-worker program, Bush said, "will help us rid the society on the border of these coyotes who smuggle people in the back of 18-wheelers. I believe it'll help get rid of the document forgers. I believe it'll help people on both sides of our border respect the laws of our border and enforce our borders.
The American Prospect
December 31, 1999
During the same period, illegal immigration across the border also grew, the result in part of the repeal in 1964 of the bracero guest-worker program, but also of a huge ... Employer fines were few in the Clinton years—417 in 1999—but virtually ceased under George W. Bush, who levied three fines in 2004.
TexasGOPVote
November 15, 2017
But, he did argue Congress needs to approve a guest worker program sooner than later. “We need more legal labor,” Perot said, touting the immigration proposals put forward years ago by former President George W. Bush, including a path to citizenship for unauthorized workers who can meet certain ...
Lewiston Sun Journal
October 30, 2017
Bush touted the drug plan to senior citizens in Arizona and California. ... mention his proposal for a new guest-worker program that would let ...
Lewiston Sun Journal
October 28, 2017
The Bush White House floated an amnesty proposal for illegal ... The guest-worker program will inevitably be abused and create more ...
Countable
October 27, 2017
On October 26, 2006, President George W. Bush signed the Secure Fence Act into ... while creating a guest-worker program to reduce the need for individuals to ...
Government Accountability Project (blog)
October 24, 2017
... related to its au pair guest worker program, in some cases, for over a year. ... for Educational and Cultural Affairs in the Bush Administration.
Slate Magazine
October 20, 2017
Former President George W. Bush speaks on Thursday in New York. ... who feared Bush's guest-worker program would create a class of ...
CNN
October 10, 2017
... "represents clients who support a temporary guest worker program," ... Between 2000 and 2004, President Bush increased his support in the ...
Lewiston Sun Journal
August 23, 2017
Under a plan introduced Wednesday, the president would create a new guest worker program that makes it easier for noncitizens to work in the United States and grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens currently in the country. The president would also increase the number of green cards available and ...
NECN
July 17, 2017
In this June 6, 2017, file photo, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill. On Monday, Kelly increased cap for visas granted under a seasonal temporary guest worker program. The Trump administration acted ...
PBS NewsHour
July 6, 2017
NAFTA was, after all, fundamental to Bush and Clinton's idea of an ... In fact, Mexico has instituted a guest worker program for citizens of Belize ...
Texas Tribune
July 16, 2016
Trump's VP Pick Partnered with Texan on Guest Worker Program ... would have obligated then-President George W. Bush to certify the border ...
New York Times
March 30, 2013
WASHINGTON — The nation's top business and labor groups have reached an agreement on a guest worker program for low-skilled ...
CNN
April 2, 2006
President Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper listen as Mexico's Vicente Fox speaks Friday.
Redlands Daily Facts
August 30, 2017
... former deputy assistant to President George W. Bush and director of White ... for dreamers and the importance of a guest worker program.
Mother Jones
August 22, 2017
... to rein in a guest worker program that the Labor Department found relied on .... Instead of following him, Pizzella joined the George W. BushÃÂ ...
The Atlantic
August 21, 2017
Then, in 1990, George H.W. Bush signed the Immigration Act of 1990, ... up a new guest-worker program, and included a merit-based system.
TBO.com
August 11, 2017
... it had a guest worker program and was supported by some of the most ... On other key issues, Putnam voted for Bush's tax cuts, oil drilling inÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
August 11, 2017
... it had a guest worker program and was supported by some of the most ... On other key issues, Putnam voted for Bush's tax cuts, oil drilling inÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
August 8, 2017
... a guest-worker program and an employee-verification system that ... Kind words from former Presidents George H.W Bush and George W.
Salon
August 6, 2017
Bush's attorney general, John Ashcroft, threw out the widest .... move to a guest worker program and offer some limited legalization underÃÂ ...
The Hill (blog)
August 4, 2017
Cotton, responding to some of his colleague's criticism, noted the legislation wouldn't touch the guest worker program, which allows immigrantsÃÂ ...
Dallas News (blog)
August 4, 2017
... that former President George W. Bush unsuccessfully pushed in 2007. ... after Congress canceled the troubled Bracero guest worker programÃÂ ...
New York Times
August 3, 2017
The proposal revives elements of President George W. Bush's effort to ... guest-worker program, which was known as the Bracero program.
POLITICO Magazine
April 26, 2017
He blasts “horrible gutless Republicans” like Jeb Bush for abandoning ... President Clinton announces a guest worker program to legalize theÃÂ ...
Press Herald
March 5, 2017
The guest worker program is far from perfect, Smith and other ... on a change made by President George W. Bush's administration in 2008).
Texas Tribune
July 16, 2016
Trump's VP Pick Partnered with Texan on Guest Worker Program ... would have obligated then-President George W. Bush to certify the borderÃÂ ...
Red, Green, and Blue
December 31, 1999
He served in that post for nearly all of George W. Bush's terms as ... to rein in a guest worker program that the Labor Department found relied onÃÂ ...
Press Herald
March 5, 2017
The guest worker program is far from perfect, Smith and other agricultural leaders say. But when talking about the work ethic of these migrant workers, the farmers sound like that lusty chorus about immigrants in ... H-2A program was centralized from ...
Gainesville Times
March 4, 2017
While he may be moving in that direction with stronger rhetoric, deportations were more frequent under President Barack Obama than any administration, more than 2.5 million in eight years, compared to about 2 million under Bush. Budgets for the Border ...
Capital Press
March 2, 2017
The source said various groups have tried since 2007 to institute a guest worker program that allowed people to legally enter the U.S.
The Detroit News
March 2, 2017
Other bills introduced in that era and supported by Bush would have expanded the guest worker program to accommodate farm workers and others who want to come to the U.S.
Reason (blog)
March 1, 2017
It is a sort of industrial policy approach to immigration that privileges some sectors over others (something that, unfortunately, George Bush's ill-fated reform proposal also succumbed to). Given that Trump's Attorney General Jeff Sessions (along with ...
Slate Magazine
March 1, 2017
Think back to 2005, shortly after President George W. Bush narrowly won re-election. How did Bush win a second term after the debacle that was the Iraq war and a weak economic recovery?
Jamaica Observer
February 26, 2017
Legislation passed by the United States Congress during the George W Bush presidency explicitly stated that unaccompanied minors were entitled to a hearing by the Immigration Court.
Politico
February 25, 2017
@peterbakernyt: "Can't remember any press secretary from Clinton, Bush or Obama canceling briefing and handpicking small group for gaggle.
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
February 24, 2017
When this is not a viable option, the legal alternative is the current H-2A guest worker program for immigrant labor. I have high hopes that the president and his administration will soon work with the Congress to improve this program's reputation and ...
