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In the Wake of President Obama's Executive Action on Immigration, Congress Needs to Work on Creating a Guest-Worker Program
Statement from Helen Krieble ("cree-bull")--the president of The
Vernon K. Krieble Foundation--in:
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(51 seconds)
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(KRIEBLE):
"THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE-ACTION ASSUMES [THAT] UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WILL COME FORWARD, AND IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS
LAWBREAKERS--FOR A SHORT-TERM CLEMENCY--WITHOUT ANY GUARANTEE THAT THIS NEW STATUS
WON'T BE REVOKED BY THE NEXT CONGRESS, OR THE NEXT PRESIDENT. THAT PUTS PEOPLE IN A WORSE POSITION THAN THEY ALREADY ARE IN.
THIS PROBLEM NEEDS A PERMANENT SOLUTION--NOT A BAND-AID. THE
PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO ACT HAS GENERATED STRONG FEELINGS, ON BOTH
SIDES--BUT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT DOESN'T REALLY FIX THE PROBLEM:
HE CAN DEFER DEPORTATION AND PROSECUTION--BUT HE, ALONE, CAN'T CREATE A LEGAL GUEST-WORKER PROGRAM FOR THE
MILLIONS OF WORKERS WHO REMAIN IN LEGAL-LIMBO. SO, CONGRESS:
DON'T TAKE THE BAIT--LEGISLATE."
