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  • March 2008

    • Indians Protest 'Slave' Working Conditions in US

      BBC  |  Mar 28, 08 7:43 AM CDT

      Indians Protest 'Slave' Working Conditions in US

      (Newser) - Some 100 Indian immigrants have marched hundreds of miles from New Orleans to Washington to protest what they call "slave" working conditions at a marine construction company. The Indian laborers say they work long hours with 24 men sharing a dormitory for which they each had to pay more than $1,000 a month. The workers launched the demonstration to highlight the exploitation that can occur within the US guest worker program, reports the BBC. More »

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      India  • immigration  • protesters  • guest worker  • foreign labor

  • February 2008

    • Tweaks May Boost Guest Worker Pool

      Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 6, 08 11:11 AM CST

      Tweaks May Boost Guest Worker Pool

      (Newser) - With immigration reform having failed in Congress, the Bush administration is today unveiling a plan aimed at boosting the US guest-worker program. President Bush's plan would simplify the much-derided bureaucratic program, providing a reliable source of legal workers to replace illegal immigrants. But anti-immigration groups say the changes will cost Americans jobs, and pro-immigrant advocates say it’ll reduce already-low wages. More »

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      George W. Bush  • illegal immigrant  • farmer  • immigration reform  • Dianne Feinstein  • guest worker  • guest-worker program

  • September 2007

    • Congress Tiptoes Back to Immigrant Issues

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 17, 07 4:22 AM CDT

      Congress Tiptoes Back to Immigrant Issues

      (Newser) - Congress is stealing back into the immigration debate. After failing to pass broad reforms three months ago, lawmakers are focusing on less ambitious initiatives. Democrat proposals would give legal status to young immigrants and visas to farmhands, while Republicans favor guest worker programs and blocking illegals from federal aid. But these quieter moves will likely still draw loud reactions, says the Los Angeles Times . More »

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      Congress  • immigration  • reform  • illegal immigration  • guest worker

  • August 2007

    • McCain Switches Gears on Immigration

      Associated Press  |  Aug 3, 07 5:43 AM CDT

      McCain Switches Gears on Immigration

      (Newser) - White House hopeful John McCain has pulled a U-turn on immigration reform—backing a new bill which cracks down on illegal immigration and offers no path to citizenship for illegal immigrants already here. McCain had been a champion of a guest worker program and citizenship for many of the 12 million illegal residents, but that position, anathema to the GOP base, alienated campaign donors. More »

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      John McCain  • immigration  • illegal immigrant  • immigration reform  • citizenship  • guest worker

  • June 2007
  • May 2007

    • Americans Walk Soft Line on Immigration

      New York Times  |  May 25, 07 12:52 PM CDT

      Americans Walk Soft Line on Immigration

      (Newser) - Lou Dobbs, take note: A majority of Americans back key immigration reform proposals  making their way through Congress, a new CBS News/ New York Times poll finds. Americans across the political spectrum say they support a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and two-thirds back a guest-worker program. More »

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      Congress  • Senate  • immigration  • immigration reform  • reform  • citizenship  • guest worker

    • Guest Worker Program Slashed

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 24, 07 7:30 AM CDT

      Guest Worker Program Slashed

      (Newser) - Key provisions of the immigration bill were altered yesterday as the Senate passed a raft of amendments designed to make the bill more palatable to critics from both political parties.  Provisions to beef up security at the border  were strengthened, while the guest worker program offering two-year visas to 400,000 temporary workers a year was cut in half. More »

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      immigration  • labor  • immigration reform  • reform  • border control  • guest worker

    • Senate Brokers Immigration Bill

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 17, 07 5:30 PM CDT

      Senate Brokers Immigration Bill

      (Newser) - Illegal immigrants are offered a path to citizenship for the first time under a new Senate immigration reform package unveiled today. A precarious compromise hammered out by Bush administration officials and top senators, the bill trades hard-line border control measures for controversial provisions like a guest-worker program and a system for earning citizenship. More »

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      Bush administration  • immigration  • illegal immigrant  • immigration reform  • reform  • citizenship  • border control  • guest worker

  • March 2007

    • Guestworker Abuses Cited

      New York Times  |  Mar 12, 07 1:57 PM CDT

      Guestworker Abuses Cited

      (Newser) - American employers are systematically exploiting the 120,000 low-skilled guest workers they hire each year, from stealing passports and Social Security cards to consistently underpaying them. “I felt like an animal without claws—defenseless. It is the same as slavery,” says one worker, in a report published today by the Southern Poverty Law Center. More »

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      Bush administration  • immigration  • illegal immigrant  • labor  • immigration reform  • employment  • guest worker

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