McCain Supports Comprehensive Immigration Reform, GuestWorkers, More High Skilled Workers, More Enforcement . . . .

We mentioned earlier in the week John McCain’s silence on immigration.  While in California, McCain did address the question.  The San Francisco Chronicle reports that McCain, speaking at a Silicon Valley forum on economic issues with Governor Schwarzenegger, renewed the call for “comprehensive immigration reform” as a top agenda item for the next president. He called for a “temporary agricultural program,” saying, “We need a way for an ordinary person to apply for citizenship in this country in a way that they can count on and trust.” McCain, asked about getting more visas for high-tech workers, acknowledged his own efforts at immigration reform, saying that “because of our failure, we’re now seeing these conflicts and problems across the nation.” He said the nation must secure its borders and prosecute employers of illegal immigrants – but he warned that Americans must recognize that immigrant workers “are also God’s children, and we have to do it in a humane and compassionate fashion.”

KJ