US guest worker program, a model for reform?

Maryland's crab industry employs immigrants who come to the US legally through a guest worker program which many point to as a potential model for national immigration reform. But labor unions and advocates for immigrants' rights say the program is nothing more than legal exploitation that worsens conditions and lowers wages for foreign and domestic workers alike. AFPTV visits Hooper's Island, where hundreds of Mexican women come each season.Duration: 02:13

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[peopleofthecircle]

A properly run guest worker program is a big part of the solution.

If abuses are possible under current system, then address those issues.

Many Americans in Saudi oilfields (jobs they don't want to do),

but I hear no complaints from either side.

[tedkanode123]

i dont understant the vidz

[stargirlsusan]

Legal exploration? Yes! Modern day slavery

[mrchrmedone]

i cant believe this.. we need immigration reform and the dream act. i'm white american german blood. and i would love to see people working legally but i think the president very soon will approve the immogration reform for this HARDWORKING PEOPLE. god bless the usa

[petiteasiahoney]

@etniko

That's because America has high inflation. $2.00 in the U.S. won't buy you shit but in Mexico it will buy many items.

[spacemonkey086]

great they get paid less than legal workers so that it is literally impossible for someone to do that job that is a legal citizen

[rllang01]

@etniko People will work when they're faced with starvation and homelessness.

[rllang01]

And what about the rights of Americans in Mexico ?

Seems that its not even a consideration to the "mexican rights groups".

Its all take and no give with these people. Its a scam & a fraud...

[xm377Moyocoyatzin]

And then the right wing wonders about the steady rise of Socialism and Communist theory in the United States.

[etniko]

No American is willing to get $2.00 per pound of crab meet even with today's unemployment rate.