Saudi Arabias 6 million guest workers live under conditions that have been called modernday slavery. A guest worker plan would likewise create an American caste system that would insult our heritage. Our own bracero programs were ended because they lowered wages for American workers. exploited foreign workers and illegal immigration. Guest worker proponents say our economy needs illegal alien workers. but under a guest worker plan. they would have to leave in 6 years. Madam Chairman. are we supposed to believe we will stop needing them at that time? And what happens when guest workers do not leave as required? Will all those now promoting this discredited idea be out there leading the cause to round them up. or will they instead move to grant them citizenship? Madam Chairman. if we are feeble enough to allow a guest worker plan to be added to this bill. it will be 1986 all over again: amnesty now. enforcement never. and an unending wave of illegal immigration. Again. there is a better way: reform our legal immigration system to attract the kind of highskilled workers that our economy really needs. Madam Chairman. immigration must serve the national interests. not just the interests of businesses hooked on cheap labor or left wing political activists out to reshape American politics and culture. Madam Chairman. I ask unanimous consent that my amendment be withdrawn.
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