Does Our Country Need More Non-Immigrant Seasonal Workers During A Recession?
Paul M. Weyrich

Sometimes congressional Republicans amaze me with their short-sightedness. In the mid-term elections in 2006 the Republican Party lost control of both Houses of Congress. There were many factors which contributed to the loss. One of the most prominent was their failure to enact legislation that would curb the flow of illegal immigrants into this country and begin enforcing America’s borders. It seems the electoral loss did little to correct their oversight.

Last week Republican Conference Chairman Adam Putnam (R-FL) signed a discharge petition to bring H.R. 1843, sponsored by Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI), with the misleading title of the Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act, to the House Floor for a vote. The bill would “amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt certain returning H-2B aliens [temporary non-agricultural worker] from annual numerical limitationsâ€