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<blockquote data-quote="wily_old_vet" data-source="post: 90714" data-attributes="member: 2183">Slothrup-Some thoughts please.&nbsp; Seems the Heritage Foundation (yeah I know, it&#039;s a dreaded conservative think tank) found some interesting provisions in the Senate immigration bill.&nbsp; I&#039;m curious if you think these are fair and equitable.1.&nbsp; The bill supposedly gives protection to American workers, saying that new immigrants wouldn&#039;t take their jobs but the definition of &quot;US Worker&quot; includes temporary guest workers. This does not protect US workers.&nbsp; FAIR?2.&nbsp;&nbsp; It extends the Davis-Bacon Act to pay &quot;prevailing wages&quot; to ALL temporary guest workers.&nbsp; American workers only have this protection on federal job sites.&nbsp; FAIR?3.&nbsp; Guest farmworkers can&#039;t be fired except for &quot;just cause&quot; where American farmworkers can be fired for any reason.&nbsp; FAIR?Just so you don&#039;t go screaming about how I just did a cut and paste job, I read this inforation in the column of Robert Novak, a GASP conservative.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wily_old_vet, post: 90714, member: 2183"] Slothrup-Some thoughts please. Seems the Heritage Foundation (yeah I know, it's a dreaded conservative think tank) found some interesting provisions in the Senate immigration bill. I'm curious if you think these are fair and equitable. 1. The bill supposedly gives protection to American workers, saying that new immigrants wouldn't take their jobs but the definition of "US Worker" includes temporary guest workers. This does not protect US workers. FAIR? 2. It extends the Davis-Bacon Act to pay "prevailing wages" to ALL temporary guest workers. American workers only have this protection on federal job sites. FAIR? 3. Guest farmworkers can't be fired except for "just cause" where American farmworkers can be fired for any reason. FAIR? Just so you don't go screaming about how I just did a cut and paste job, I read this inforation in the column of Robert Novak, a GASP conservative. [/QUOTE]

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