Thread: Is this legal ? I don't think so

Arizona wants their own guestworker program , with
Workers ONLY from mexico


While that bill was winning approval, a proposal to create a pilot Arizona guest-worker program was being discussed by another legislative panel.

The Arizona Temporary Workers Program, or House Bill 2791, drew heavy support from Arizona's business community, whose members said they need the labor pool that Mexican guest workers could provide.

"There are gaps in our labor force," said Glenn Hamer, president of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce.

"There are certain areas where if we don't get much-need workers into our country, we will see business leave our state and our country."

The bill, introduced by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, would allow Arizona employers to recruit temporary workers, from Mexico only, after demonstrating that there is a shortage of local labor to fill jobs.

The bill outlines a process, to be run through the state's Industrial Commission, that would regulate the hiring of temporary workers.

Provisions include a criminal background check of the applicant and a two-year limit on a temporary-worker ID, although the time could be extended. Workers would be drawn only from Mexico and would be authorized to travel between Mexico and Arizona, but not other states.


http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepubli ... n0219.html


I don't see any legal way they can make this stand up

They do not have the authority

House Majority Whip John McComish said the bill does not provide a way for a worker to become a U.S. citizen. McComish, R-Phoenix, said the guest-worker proposal is a fitting byproduct of Arizona's policy "laboratory," which last year produced the strictest employer-sanctions law in the U.S.

The bill passed on a 6-0 vote, with Rep. Ben Miranda, D-Phoenix, voting "present."

The guest-worker program would need the blessing of Congress before it could take effect, assuming HB2791 succeeds in the Legislature.

A companion measure, HCM 2012, asks Congress to grant Arizona the authority to run the trial program. It also passed on a 6-0 vote


-----------------------------------------------

More sneaking stealth amnesty

If they get this approved all Americans there can say goodbye to
their jobs and it would gut the new enforcement bill now in place

They're gonna get their cheap labor one way or another. I am so sick and tired of this BS.

If they are going to do this then at the same time they need to end state citizenship for any anchors these "guest workers" drop. Or limit it to men only.

What happens if the guest workers refuse to go home? Will employers be held responsible somehow?
With 1/2 of the illegals here now overstaying visas, how can we be sure any of these "guests" will go home when the visa expires?

Originally Posted by usanevada

Workers ONLY from mexico

Am I reading this nonsense correctly???!!! This is insanity, and it seems that none of the politicians gives a darn.

Originally Posted by Bowman

If they are going to do this then at the same time they need to end state citizenship for any anchors these "guest workers" drop. Or limit it to men only.

Also, no free benefits. No free education, medical, housing, food stamps, etc. Let the employer pay a decent wage, insurance, etc so the temp worker can support himself!

Well the old Bracero program only had workers from Mexico. It actually worked pretty well, it was men only, and most of them went back until the program was cancelled at the request of the UFW, then that's when they started staying illegally.

These are the same lairs who say only the federal government has the right to enforce immigration laws..

You gotta love how OUR laws only apply to Americans. Does anyone think for one nanosecond that these Mexicans would just leave when they're supposed to? Folks, we aren't being invaded anymore, we are being displaced. With so many immigrants -many who speak English- waiting in the LEGAL line to get here, can someone tell me why we would need ANY more workers from Mexico?

After reading about the smuggler who has been caught and deported 14 times, and has been caught again, I have to accept that Mexicans are truly above our laws. The guy is only 22 yrs old, yet he's been arrested more than 14 times, can someone tell me how that's possible if he was eligible for imprisonment of up to 5 years the second time he was caught. If the judge cut him a break that time, then what about the other 12 or more judges who did basically NOTHING to punish him...