tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post1266695485900805625..comments2023-11-05T20:02:03.805+10:00Comments on Saipan Middle Road: Quarters Master RoadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-58320270651018253992007-12-26T06:35:00.000+10:002007-12-26T06:35:00.000+10:00Merry Christmas to all!Merry Christmas to all!Bruce A. Batemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804747424525560858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-33840008735679343232007-12-25T21:58:00.000+10:002007-12-25T21:58:00.000+10:00Merry Christmas guys!Merry Christmas guys!saipanbooniemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12790753921417525264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-71510567277070634732007-12-25T12:19:00.000+10:002007-12-25T12:19:00.000+10:00Angelo,There is a guest worker program in the US o...Angelo,<BR/><BR/>There is a guest worker program in the US of A. Texas has one of the most successful implementations of it. Thousands of Mexicans legally cross the border into El Paso each day and return home at the end of the day. I know, I worked in Mexico 50 km south of the border. And no, it wasn't Taco Bell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-10853885276662895362007-12-25T10:36:00.000+10:002007-12-25T10:36:00.000+10:00Merry Christmas, guys!Merry Christmas, guys!Angelo Villagomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00970383305205702533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-57945914003964275492007-12-25T09:43:00.000+10:002007-12-25T09:43:00.000+10:00Merry Xmas everyone!!!!Merry Xmas everyone!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-42558496061548640542007-12-25T07:26:00.000+10:002007-12-25T07:26:00.000+10:00It's not too late. As one of the posters said, th...It's not too late. As one of the posters said, the regulations have yet to be drafted. The orientation session (which was first proposed by the Ombudsman about four years ago) is something that should definitely be included in the TGWP.The Joninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847771627566894565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-84815931733825479322007-12-25T05:24:00.000+10:002007-12-25T05:24:00.000+10:00You one of the best things about the new Labor Law...You one of the best things about the new Labor Law is that it forced every alien worker to go through Saipan orientation. In a presentation in their native language, they would learn their rights, the laws, and so on. That should have been included in the Federal bill.Angelo Villagomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00970383305205702533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-65323923485702479742007-12-24T17:45:00.000+10:002007-12-24T17:45:00.000+10:00Being said by James, should the nonresident worker...Being said by James, should the nonresident workers be hoping for a nonfederalized immigration system if their jobs do not fall in a federally determined industries? so would it be bye bye for them? Are they aware even about these changes? <BR/><BR/>oh well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-56886529048245832622007-12-24T14:17:00.000+10:002007-12-24T14:17:00.000+10:00What about a ninja? Won't the commission need a n...What about a ninja? Won't the commission need a ninja?Angelo Villagomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00970383305205702533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-69947830072850155602007-12-24T12:20:00.000+10:002007-12-24T12:20:00.000+10:00And all of this is hypothetical.The meat will be i...And all of this is hypothetical.<BR/><BR/>The meat will be in the regs they write, not the language of the law.<BR/><BR/>On the flip side of your post: we obviously need a Commission to study the design, including at least one member from Tinian and Rota, a Carolinian, a woman, maybe a Sunni or Kurd. It would probably 'only' cost a hundred grand or so.KAPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541898442936527367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-86886802686250698972007-12-23T22:04:00.000+10:002007-12-23T22:04:00.000+10:00The Transitional Guest Worker Program contemplated...The Transitional Guest Worker Program contemplated by the Federal legislation could be extended indefinitely, in five-year increments, as long as the U.S. Secretary of Labor finds the economy here is still in need of alien labor to supplement the resident workforce. You are right about weaning us off the use of alien labor, however, as there are stringent standards for determining whether we "The Joninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847771627566894565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-91362124241492357772007-12-23T17:26:00.000+10:002007-12-23T17:26:00.000+10:00I'm no lawyer and no expert on this, but the US do...I'm no lawyer and no expert on this, but the US doesn't have a guest worker program, Rev.<BR/><BR/>George Bush wanted to implement one, but the Congress wasn't having it. The US Congress doesn't want to give "illegal" aliens any sort of legal recognition, down to things like a driver's license.<BR/><BR/>In answer to the question posed by the first commenter, I think there is language in the billAngelo Villagomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00970383305205702533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-71491359420817699192007-12-23T16:58:00.000+10:002007-12-23T16:58:00.000+10:00uhmm...people that support them especially are tho...uhmm...people that support them especially are those that have been here for over five years...restructuring the guest worker's program will probably aligned to the federal guest worker's program.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5269105299671477561.post-49468935168653345672007-12-23T15:39:00.000+10:002007-12-23T15:39:00.000+10:00Why do so many nonresident workers support Federal...Why do so many nonresident workers support Federalization when it calls for an end to the guest worker program in 2013?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com