New Guest Worker Plan

Rep. David Dreier (R-Glendora) of California has proposed a new guest worker plan.

Rep. David Dreier of California (R-Glendora) has proposed a new guest worker plan that would force employers to verify employees' citizenship or face a $50,000 fine. The legislation would also have foreign workers register for photo ID Social Security cards and hire close to 10,000 new Homeland Security investigators to oversee the program.

Several other guest-worker plans were proposed by Washington lawmakers in January. In late 2004 President Bush said he favored a three-year visa plan that would be open to foreign residents and to workers already in the U.S. illegally.

Others criticized the mandatory ID plan.

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