The Washington Times
House leaders on immigration policy said yesterday that there isn't enough support in Congress to pass a guest-worker program for illegal aliens, despite President Bush's renewed push for such a proposal.
"As far as the House of Representatives is concerned, I don't necessarily see an environment that has changed dramatically enough that would allow for a guest-worker bill to gain majority support," said Rep. John Hostettler, Indiana Republican and chairman of the immigration subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee.
"In our subcommittee, we have held hearings in the 108th Congress that indicate such a program would continue a long-term downward spiral in the wages of low-skilled and no-skill workers," he said. "The simple fact of the matter is when we bring in individuals who are willing to work at such low wages, we do nothing but displace American citizens."
Posted by Suzanne at November 11, 2004