Can’t LIve With Them, Can’t Live Without Them: Arizona and Colorado Consider Guest-Worker Programs

AP reports that “lawmakers in Arizona and Colorado are considering creating their own guest-worker programs to attract more immigrant laborers. It’s unclear whether states have the authority to adopt such measures, but legislators are tired of waiting for Congress to overhaul the immigration system — and they are taking matters into their own hands.” Both states, especially Arizona, have acted punitively toward undocumented workers but apparently cannot bear to part with immigrant labor.

On another note, how can a state can lawful immigration status to a “guest worker”?  if anything is preempted by federal law, that would seem to be.

KJ