Guest Worker Program

So today on MSNBC there was a headline concerning the Guest Worker Program that is going before the senate. By what I understand immigrants will be granted a "guest pass" for a set amount of time where they can work. Due to my experience with illegal immigrants I am sooooo in favor of this. The immigrants that I've come into contact with come in 2 sorts. 1) the good sort, who want to work to provide a better life for their families and 2) those who do not want to do anything, i.e. lazy but who want to use our laws and programs to their best advantages. Let me describe some of the parents I dealt with while working in Phoenix. For number 1 here was a prime example. I had a parent who was in the desert for 3 days working his way over to the states. He was a day worker and provided funds to have his family smuggled up (via a coyote) to Phoenix. This man worked incredibly hard for his family. His kids were wonderful and they really tried to do the best they could to get the education to better their lives. Our school provided free ESL classes for parents such as this. This family would definitely fall into the Guest Worker program. I know they would embrace it with all their hearts. This is because they were afraid to have their son participate in several activities in school because of their illegal status. If they had the opportunity to work and be legal, not a citizen, but legal they would take it. Then for number 2. A couple of the parents I worked with didn't care about working. They were drug pushers, parts of gangs and their kids showed this disdain for America. They came to this country for the free health care (i.e. if you go to the ER they have to see you and can't turn you away) and the ability to run from the law. Yes several of the parents I worked with were part of the Mexican Mafia (nice little scorpion tattoo on the forearm was a dead give away). They weren't day workers the way they earned their living was either by being coyotes themselves or by racketeering (beating down those that were good workers). Right now however there is only one distinction between these 2 types of immigrants, illegal, all of which do not pay taxes. With the Guest Worker program families that want to will be legal, pay taxes which would in turn pay for the health care (ER expenses) and education expenses that they accrue. While living in Phoenix this was a big problem, that of not enough funding for all the illegals. With the Guest Worker program more funds would become available and we would be able to have a little better distinction between which immigrants are beneficial to this country and which aren't. There were so many families that worked so hard trying to make their lives better for their families. Others that were just a bane to society. The reason why this is so important to me is I am a grandchild of immigrants. I have no idea if they were illegal or not. Honestly I don't care. I know that I have benefited from their hard work to come to this country to provide a better life for their posterity. I have also had the opportunity to live in Mexico. I have seen the abject poverty that occurs because their government is so corrupt. For the most part those workers that are coming here are because they were in those places that Americans would be afraid to live. They have little huts with cardboard for roofs and when it rains you can imagine the effect. These kids had horrid stories to tell about where they lived. I've seen a lot of it with my own eyes. If we can help those that are trying to do good, to better their communities let's do it. What good is it to be blessed if we don't help those in need. Also these people will help us become better. :-)