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guest worker stories: 10 news summaries

Indians Protest 'Slave' Working Conditions in US

Guest workers march to Washington, say
they were duped

Mar 28, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(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... More »

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immigration • India • guest worker • foreign labor • protesters • working conditions

Tweaks May Boost Guest Worker Pool

Bush plan to ease visa requirements draws fire from both sides of debate

Feb 6, 08 11:11 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Congress Tiptoes Back to Immigrant Issues

Lawmakers veer toward modest initiatives with less baggage

Sep 17, 07 4:22 AM CDT
(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... More »

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immigration • Congress • reform • guest worker • illegal immigration

McCain Switches Gears on Immigration

Supports crackdown without guest workers, path to citizenship

Aug 3, 07 5:43 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Immigration Bill Brings Out 'Best,' 'Worst' of America

New Republic warns 'draconian' measures will follow if compromise fails

Jun 15, 07 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Calling the immigration bill currently fighting its way through the Senate "the best that liberals are likely to get," the New Republic's editors tepidly endorsed the legislation that would bring 12M laborers closer to US citizenship even as they condemned the implications of the bill's proposed guest-worker program. More »

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immigration • illegal immigrant • immigration reform • citizenship • legislation • reform • guest worker

Immigration Bill Survives Senate Onslaught

Coalition in tatters,
but holding, despite barrage of amendments

Jun 7, 07 4:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The immigration bill before the Senate dodged bullets from the right and the left yesterday; when the smoke cleared the coalition backing it appeared to be intact—if barely, the Washington Post reports. An amendment to block legalization for many illegals was defeated; one to extend visas to many more... More »

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immigration • Senate • reform • guest worker • Congressional Budget Office

Americans Walk Soft Line on Immigration

Poll shows support for guest-worker programs, path to citizenship

May 25, 07 12:52 PM CDT
(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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immigration • Congress • immigration reform • Senate • citizenship • reform • guest worker

Guest Worker Program Slashed

Senate immigration bill is assaulted by amendments from bipartisan critics

May 24, 07 7:30 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Senate Brokers Immigration Bill

Bipartisan compromise tackles citizenship, border security, but faces uphill battle on Capitol Hill

May 17, 07 5:30 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Guestworker Abuses Cited

Mar 12, 07 1:57 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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