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President Bush is urging Congress to create a program that will allow foreigners to gain temporary legal status in the United States for a set amount of time to do specific jobs. When the time is up, they go back to their country with no promise of gainin

Bonnie Wennerstrom

Senior

Art history

"I think I would agree more if maybe once the person was here, they'd have the ability to extend their stay if they wanted to."

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Frances Everist

Sophomore

Early childhood education

"I think allowing people to come into the United States is a good thing. That's the way our country was built, and I see no problems with it at all. However, I do think that they should be able to be allowed to pursue legal status in the United States if they're invited over here."

Kwame Yeboah

Sophomore

Journalism

"I don't agree because there's already enough people here trying to get jobs. People not working right now is a pretty big percentage in the U.S. For foreigners it's good, but at the same time you have to look at where you are now. If your own people don't have jobs, why do you think it's a good idea to bring in other people to take their jobs?"

Kyrsten Sanderson

Senior

Art studio and Spanish

"If he (Bush) was paying a fair wage, and he was doing it by means of welcoming somebody and not exploiting their work and them as human beings, then I would agree with it."

Parker Sisty

Junior

Art studio

"Why give them legal status when that's what work visas are for?"

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