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Should our democracy have a guest worker program?

Articles and Papers

“Los Braceros,” The Farmworkers Website

Rob Broomby, “Germany’s Guest Workers Mark 40 years,” BBC News (October 30, 2001)

Calda, Milos. “Demographic Slump vs. Immigration Policy: The Case of the Czech Republic” (San Diego, CA: Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, November 2005)

“Czech Republic Faces Labor Shortages,” Migration News, vol. 3 no. 4 (Davis, CA: Migration Dialogue, March 1996)

Drum, Kevin. “Guest Workers,“ Political Animal (blog) (March 26, 2006)

Eisenbrey, Ross and Monique Morrissey. “Guest Worker Programs Should Include Strong Wage Protections for U.S. Workers,” Issue Brief #226 (Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, August 10, 2006)

European Migration Centre (EMZ)

European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations

Gerson, Daniela. “EU Proposes New Door for Legal Immigration,” Christian Science Monitor (January 17, 2007)

“Guestworker Programs,” U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration

Jones, Rich and Heather McGregor. “Guest Worker Pitfalls: Expecting Workers to Go Home Unrealistic,” Denver Post (July 2, 2006)

Martin, Philip. “There Is Nothing More Permanent Than Temporary Foreign Workers,” Backgrounder (Washington, DC: Center for Immigration Studies, 2001)

Nickerson, Colin. “A Lesson in Immigration: Guest Worker Experiments Transformed Europe,” Boston Globe (April 19, 2006)

Audio Articles

A 'Guest Worker' Program for California's Farms" National Public Radio (January 26, 2006)

"Approaching Immigration as a Global Issue" National Public Radio (April 3, 2006)

"Businesses Feel Effects of Raids on Illegal Labor," National Public Radio (October 15, 2007)

Guest Worker Program Under Review" National Public Radio (October 22, 2007)

"World View: Immigration and Guest Workers" National Public Radio (July 13, 2006)

 

 
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