GOP Bill Ignores Bush's Guest-Worker Plan

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Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) pushes an immigration bill (expected to pas) that tightens border security but Noticeably leaves off any mention of President Bush's prized guest-worker policy.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-immig7dec07,1,4738228.story?coll=la-headlines-politics

GOP Bill Ignores Bush's Guest-Worker Plan
A House immigration proposal would tighten security and increase penalties, but leaves out a program the president has repeatedly called for.

By Mary Curtius, Times Staff Writer


WASHINGTON — A key lawmaker unveiled legislation Tuesday that underscored the differences between President Bush and many House Republicans over how to fix the nation's troubled immigration system.

Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said his bill would tighten border security, require all businesses to verify that their employees are in the U.S. legally and increase penalties for those using illegal workers.

The White House supports those moves. But Sensenbrenner's measure ignores Bush's repeated call for creating a guest-worker program that would temporarily legalize the status of millions of workers who are in the nation illegally.

Bush has said a guest-worker program is the best way to persuade illegal workers to step forward while ensuring a steady labor supply for U.S. businesses that rely on them.

But a vocal minority of House Republicans opposes any guest-worker program as a type of amnesty that they say would only encourage more people to enter this country illegally.

Sensenbrenner said he supported a guest-worker program but left it out of his bill because the House could not reach a consensus over the details of such a plan.<snip>

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1. will * veto this?