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01-07-2004, 08:18 AM
Illegal immigrants could stay, work for at least three years under Bush plan
miami.com ^ | 01/07/2004 | JENNIFER LOVEN
WASHINGTON - Millions of illegal migrant farmers, hotel maids and others working in the shadows of American society would be freed from the threat of deportation for at least three years and could get a chance - although probably remote for most - at permanent legal U.S. status under an election-year proposal President Bush is asking Congress to approve.
The new "temporary worker program," which also would include people still in their native countries who have a job lined up in the United States, would not, like the temporary visa programs already in existence that involve mostly technical experts, apply only to a certain sector of the economy or industry.
If permanent residency were not granted before the worker's term was up - a likely outcome given the long backlog of applicants and the relatively small percentage of applicants who receive green cards each year - the person would have to return to his or her home country to apply from there.
READ MORE (http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/7652268.htm)
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N8Note: So does this in effect deny the dem's one of their voting blocks by remove the hispanic vote from the democrats rank & file and put them in the Republican's column? Or is it a failed gamble that will only further anger the right???
miami.com ^ | 01/07/2004 | JENNIFER LOVEN
WASHINGTON - Millions of illegal migrant farmers, hotel maids and others working in the shadows of American society would be freed from the threat of deportation for at least three years and could get a chance - although probably remote for most - at permanent legal U.S. status under an election-year proposal President Bush is asking Congress to approve.
The new "temporary worker program," which also would include people still in their native countries who have a job lined up in the United States, would not, like the temporary visa programs already in existence that involve mostly technical experts, apply only to a certain sector of the economy or industry.
If permanent residency were not granted before the worker's term was up - a likely outcome given the long backlog of applicants and the relatively small percentage of applicants who receive green cards each year - the person would have to return to his or her home country to apply from there.
READ MORE (http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/7652268.htm)
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N8Note: So does this in effect deny the dem's one of their voting blocks by remove the hispanic vote from the democrats rank & file and put them in the Republican's column? Or is it a failed gamble that will only further anger the right???