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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (107622)	4/4/2005 12:53:36 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793895

what do you think the answer should be? I really must plead ignorance on the issue. It's much too complex for me. I see merit to letting things go the way they are going. On the other hand, I can also acknowledge the validity of the points made by folks who want tighter controls. I am acutely sensitive to the national secutity aspects of the porous southern border. There is simply no easier way for terrorists to enter the US. This does not, however, mean that we should go after every Tomas, Ricardo, and Enrique who is trying to get a job picking strawberries somewhere. From the 40s through 1964, a program existed called the bracero program which allowed temporary immigration to farm workers from Mexico. As I recall, it had good results and was on the whole A Good Thing for all parties. Bush wants to start it again but is predictably running into opposition from organized labor. I haven't kept up with the details of Bush's plan, but it is undoubtedly worth looking at since the previous one was a success. It could be enlarged, I suppose, to encompass a variety of non-agricultural workers in industries where local labor shortages exist. However, the political difficulties of such a program I imagine would be daunting.