Hooray! An Associated Press writer veers from the party line!

Guest Worker Programs Have Flawed Past
By JIM ABRAMS
Associated Press Writer
March 25, 2006

WASHINGTON — Proponents of a guest worker program to address the chaos of illegal immigration have a hard sell in front of them. Similar programs in the past have been plagued by abuses and have done little to stem the influx of undocumented workers.

“These programs are seductive, and that is what is so troubling to us right now,” said Ana Avendano, associate general counsel of the AFL-CIO. The labor federation has been critical of guest worker programs in proposed immigration reform legislation that the Senate will debate next week.

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