Return of the Braceros?

Return of the Braceros?

I have long argued that, inspite of its abuses, the Bracero program should be revived. The Bracero program permitted guest workers from Mexico legal entry into the country, provided there was work waiting. Most importantly, it sent them back when the work was done.
I believe that many illegal immigrants, many of whom are agricultural workers, would prefer this to the current state of affairs in which they have to over-winter in the states for fear that they won't be able to get back in for the next season.
What George W. Bush has in mind seems to embrace the best of the Bracero program.
I don't think it will facilitate the entry of terrorists, as many seem to believe. Those with a stake in the program's success will police that.
And, it will permit Bush to harvest a huge political benefit.
Democrats will have to oppose it. It promises to undermine the United Farmworkers Union and will peel off many Hispanic voters.
That second reason is enough for them to go ballistic.