Striking the path to citizenship measures in the guest worker program is also the wrong decision for national security reasons. One of the driving forces behind enacting a comprehensive reform program is to ensure that we know who is living and working within our borders. If there is no path available to those who seek it and can meet the tough requirements in the bill. then some guest workers will overstay their visas and continue to live and work in the U.S. out of status. That would put us back in the position we are in right nowthe position that we all agree must be reformed. In fact. the reason that guest worker programs have failed in the past is precisely because they did not contain an option for guest workers to apply to remain in the U.S. legally. if that is what they hope to do. Many guest workers will return home. but not all. We should ensure that the programs we define in law do not send immigrants back into the shadows. Finally. I express my disappointment in hearing about the White House support of the Kyl amendment.
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