Senator MCCAI. Senator ISAKSON. This bill has a great deal of balance because it not only enforces our borders first and foremost. which is what all Americans want at a time when our shores are threatened by potential terrorists. but it. secondly. does not do any of the other things that will be done in the bill until certain triggers are met. those triggers to have been in place as far as border security is concerned. the hiring of border agents. building the fencing. building of other physical and electronic barriers. Then we move into another phase which is to provide a tamperproof ID. This will ensure that those who are working will work legally. It then moves into other areas such as a guest worker program. This is a guest worker program which is a temporary worker program. It is not intended as a vehicle to immigration. It is to provide the labor that America needs in certain places and also to provide a goodpaying job to certain people in other parts of the world who want to work here. but with a clear understanding before ever coming that they are coming to work for a limited period of time. much as a student visa holder comes for 2 years to go to school. coming for 2 years to go to work. Then they go home. They can renew that visa a couple of times. Then a number of them will. if they acquire certain prerequisites. apply for permanent status here. Obviously. if they learned English. that would help them. If they learn a trade. that would help them. If their employer says they are a good worker. that would help them. That will be the basis for future immigration. There still is a family component to immigration. Husband. wife. children. can come. grandparents40.000 a year of parents can come. What we are going to do is change the paradigm to one where more merit is included in the equation.
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