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Immigration Reform and the Guest Worker Program
Would the new guest worker program improve working conditions for foreigners and domestic employees?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThe immigration reform now being debated would amend and extend the guest worker program. We’ll hear what it could mean for farmers, migrant laborers and American workers who say they’re being pushed out of the job market. Would the new rules improve working conditions for foreigners and domestic employees? Also, a new book traces the world of today back to 1979 and the actions of Margaret Thatcher, Pope John Paul II, Deng Xioping and the Ayatollah Khomeini. We’ll talk with the author.
Banner Photo: U.S. Senators (L-R) Chuck Schumer (D-NY), John McCain (R-AZ), Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) hold a news conference following their tour of the Arizona-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona March 27, 2013. © EUTERS/Samantha Sais
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