The concept here is if you relieve that pressure for employees. by having an opportunity for people to temporarily come here as the guests of the United States to work here under our conditions and our rules and then go back home. that will both serve our needs and serve their needs. That is the rationale for a temporary worker program. Now. why wouldnt you want to immigrate all of the people here as legal permanent residents? Well. obviously you are talking about millions of people. as the Senator from North Dakota said. in addition to the quotas we currently have. But. secondly. you need to have some ability to adjust. Let me mention the construction industry in my home State of Arizona as a good example of this. Two or three years ago we could not find enough workers to build homes in Arizona. The reality is. the Home Builders Association was candid in saying this. that if they had to guess. they would guess about half of the people building homes In Arizona were illegal immigrants. They had the legal papers. but we all know that is a joke. That is why we have to have a workable employee verification system. which we have put into the bill we are now debating.
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