It is not in the national interest. and I call upon my colleagues in the House to avoid the major mistakes of the other body. Despite the other bodys action. it is not clear at all that the Nation needs a massive guestworker program. Proponents for expanded guestworker programs argue that an immigration bill would drastically reduce the agricultural labor supply. Yet recent research on agricultural labor practices in California shows that in some perishable crops industries only 20 percent of the work force is undocumentedhardly an overwhelming dependence. For those who argue that there is not enough domestic farm labor in the United States to make up for the losses and immigration bill would bring about. why then are there currently thousands upon thousands of domestic farmworkers across the Nation out of work? National unemployment figures for farmworkers stand at approximately 14 percent. In my State.
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