March 30th, 2013
05:50 PM ET
2 years ago
Sides reach broad agreement on immigrant guest workers
Washington (CNN) - Business and labor negotiators working to hammer out a deal on an immigrant guest worker program have reached broad agreement, a source familiar with the talks said Saturday, eliminating one major hurdle to legislation revamping the nation's immigration system.
Business leaders and labor groups had been working to develop a plan on guest workers, tackling major sticking points on how much workers would be paid and the number of workers that would be allowed into the country each year.
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Aren't the republicans on another two week vacation? And they get paid for it. This is the 5th or 6th time so far this year (3 months). Fire them all. When I worked I was lucky to get a one day weekend.
this new immigration itenerary needs to have concrete measures ex we cant keep anchoring generational families while american families go homeless and they take our jobs
Not the way I heard it. I think CNN is reporting inaccurately.
I will have to agree with G I Joe alone with him I only gotten hours off not a day.
Tighten H1-B, L1visas. No free-pass to illegals. Period.