If only this bipartisan commission was less about making loud noises and more about reforming immigration policy! Some may interpret as a good omen the fact that four Republicans are among the proponents, but we have seen the same guys back down when confronted with opposition from their party’s right wing. And the right wing is in unmistakable opposition to any softening of the immigration policies, amnesty or not.
The proposed citizenship pathway is to be implemented once the nation agrees that borders have been “secured”; that does not sound so encouraging.
Lets see how far this develops. Maybe the upcoming Obama immigration proposal will just sweep this under the rug.

This proposal will never get past Step One. As Charlie Pierce pointed out, the “citizens’ commission” in charge of deciding whether the borders are secure might be populated with the likes of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

I can see it now: the commission recommends that we build a wall; station snipers on top of it (as well as guys with cauldrons of boiling oil for Monty Python fans); and protect the wall with a moat stocked with Portuguese man-of-wars, electric eels, and pirhana,

Hey, all that needs to be pointed out is all of Rubios extended family can immigrate to the US from Cuba with an automatic path to citizenship with no waiting or limits because all they need is a Cuban passport and a visa to the US which are now open to all non-criminals in Cuba.

If only Castro would offer Cuban citizenship with a Cuban passport stapled to it for any Spanish speaker paying $1000.

Until we get a system where EMPLOYERS start going to jail for hiring illegals, they have no incentive to stop doing what they are currently doing.

Do you really think the manager at the local fast food restaurant cares if someone is an illegal, or not?

Encourage immigration of more skilled workers? Can someone please tell me an industry that currently exists in this country where there is a shortage of skilled workers?

http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article/CB-1801-Job-Info-Trends-7-Industries-in-Need-of-Workers-Now/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/investopedia/2012/02/14/growing-industries-in-need-of-workers-in-2012/

http://www.onlinecollege.org/2012/04/08/10-industries-most-in-need-of-skilled-workers/

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/08/business/la-fi-skill-shortage-20120608

McCain and Flake don’t work for Arpaio. They work for Arizona’s growers.

Cheap labor lobby wins again. The WSJ (the voice of the 1%) loves mass immigration/amnesty, as did Ronnie Raygun, Bush I, and Bush II. And looking back over the economic history of the US since the passage of Hart-Cellar, you can see why. At least the Dems get to dress up their corporate whoring with rhetoric about “diversity”, but the real motive is corporate campaign $$$ and the desire for more hispanic voters to keep them in office. There are no noble motives here, just selfish politicians.

I honestly have never seen the difference between outsourcing jobs to cheap labor countries, and bringing the cheap labor here. The effect is the same: the lowest paid US workers get dicked over. But then they don’t count.

Did you read the lists?

First site, first career. One specific listed was plumbers. On a later list, teachers.

Sorry, but there is a glut in every one of the areas that careerbuilder lists.

Forbes includes truck drivers.

The next list is about the same.

I’m a recruiter in a specialized part of the food industry. These types of lists are an insult to the people who read them.

Creating a tough pathway for citizenship for those immigrations currently in the country without documentation. This would be contingent upon “securing the borders

Uh with Gov Jan Brewer of AZ on the commission to determine if the borders are secure this deal/s will never be implemented.
Immigrants actually commit less crime than native born Americans despite their poverty but apparently that is not enough for Jan or Senator McCain.

new research released Monday shows that immigrants in California are, in fact, far less likely than U.S.-born Californians are to commit crime. While people born abroad make up about 35% of California’s adult population, they account for only about 17% of the adult prison population, the report by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) showed. Indeed, among men ages 18 to 40 — the demographic most likely to be imprisoned — those born in the U.S. were 10 times more likely than foreign-born men to be incarcerated.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1717575,00.html

My bold 10 Freakin times less likely to end up in prison but the GOP thinks illegals are more of a threat than Native Born Americans.

This deal as it stands will result in no Hispanics becoming Citizens.

When illegals get Citizenship they get rights. With Rights they can leave crap McJobs and try and get jobs with whoever is willing to pay the most.
So in conclusion not giving illegals citizenship means that the big corporations will have no market incentive to raise wages.
In fact they will have a very strong market incentive to hire even more illegals and lower their labor costs more.
Unless of course the GOP gets rid of the minimum wage.

Ah, the proposed ‘Path to Serfdom’. Admit the brains and keep the lettuce pickers down on the farm.

Can someone please tell me an industry that currently exists in this country where there is a shortage of skilled workers?

Yes. But I can’t help it if you’re insulted by the results.

Google “industry with a shortage of workers” returns 15 million hits.
But the opinion of a recruiter in a specialized part of the food industry (who seems to have a problem with plumbers, teachers and truck drivers) is probably the best source for such information.