If they do, some businesses fear a labor crisis, says Laura Reiff, cochair of the Essential WorkerImmigration Coalition, whose members depend on low-skilled labor.
Second, the bracero program, a temporary annual guest worker permit for low skilled Mexican farm workers, was discontinued on the eve of the Immigration Act of 1965 due to labor union pressure.
While I am encouraged that Congress is contemplating an increase to the skilledworker visa numbers, it concerns me greatly that this may be at the expense of cutting family-based immigration categories.