Gabrielle Giffords won't reveal which guest worker plan she supports (AZ,Randy Graf)

Democrat Gabrielle Giffords is running for Congress against Randy Graf in Arizona, and I called her office a few times trying to find out exactly which of the various immigration plans she supports or where her support differs from those plans. All I managed to get out of one of her staff members is that she supports the Kennedy-McCain plan, which includes a "guest" worker plan. [1] However, that plan did not pass.

I asked about the plan that did pass the Senate, the "Hagel-Martinez compromise", which also contains a "guest" worker plan similar to that from Kennedy-McCain. [2]

I was told that they couldn't comment on that because it hadn't passed the House as well. I was told that she might support parts of that, but since it was up in the air she can't comment on which parts she might support or oppose. An interview [3] she did gave the impression - perhaps false - that she only supported a "seasonal" "guest" worker plan, but they would not comment on whether she only supported that or one with a longer term.

We already have seasonal programs, but one of the problems with longer term programs is that both Kennedy-McCain and Hagel-Martinez allow "guests" to apply to become legal permanent residents, and also most of our "guests" would have U.S. citizen children while they were here, thus making it very difficult to deport "guests" who didn't want to go home.

In any case, it appears to me that Giffords has no real clue about these issues, and is not willing to tell people where she really stands on these issues.

[1] Kennedy-McCain:
tedkennedy.com/journal/75/mccain-kennedy-kolbe-flake-gutierrez-bill-at-a-glance
vdare.com/collins/050521_enthusiasts.htm
visalaw.com/05may4/3may405.html
thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.1033:/

[2] Hagel-Martinez:
heritage.org/Research/Immigration/wm1076.cfm
frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=22672

[3] KUAT interview:
http://kuat.org/misenplace.cfm?ID=240

Immigration · Thu, 11/02/2006 - 20:29 · · Importance: 1