Projected labor shortfall an argument for guest worker program
August 20th, 2008 @ 5:31pm
by Sandra Haros/KTAR

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is projecting a shortfall of 10 million workers by 2010.

"What we have right now is simply a policy bottleneck," said Glen Hamer, president of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce.

"We have a broken system at the federal level.

Hamer believes the real solution to the immigration problem must happen at the federal level. Arizona, however, must lead the way with state legislation to avoid what could become a precarious situation.

"We believe that if an Arizona temporary guest worker program passes, it will be a very strong message to the United States Congress that it needs to address this issue."

The Arizona temporary guest worker proposal, which fell short of passing during the 2008 legislative session, will return next year.



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