PenceBlog: <b><i>Christian Science Monitor:</i> Three in four likely Republican voters back border security, guest-worker immigration plan<b> - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence : 6th District Of Indiana

Here is an excerpt from an article in today's Christian Science Monitor:

"Meanwhile, a proposal by Rep. Mike Pence (R) of Indiana adopts border- security measures in the House bill. Instead of the path to citizenship provided in the Senate bill, the Pence plan requires those in the country illegally to apply for a work visa outside the United States. Private companies would issue work visas and conduct background checks of workers, as well as providing biometric identifiers for guest workers.

"Once the new program is in place, there would be tough sanctions against employers who violated it.

"'Very clearly, neither [the Senate nor the House] side is going to win clearly and completely,' says Helen Krieble of the Vernon K. Krieble Foundation, which is pushing its own guest-worker plan. Border security plus a guest-worker plan 'is the only middle ground there is,' she adds, citing a private poll showing that 3 in 4 likely Republican voters back such a plan."

posted by Pence Press Office # 11:55 AM