AGJOBS. California lawmakers re-introduced in Washington a bill titled AgJobs, which reforms guest worker programs, provides temporary “blue card” visas, and creates a path for the legalization of farm workers. While the legislation is slowly gathering support in Congress, President Bush has called the legalization reforms unacceptable. This is a debate on the prospects for this bill.

Guests:

María Echaveste, consultant and lobbyist, United farm Worker Union, former member of President Clinton’s cabinet, Berkeley, CA; Baldermar Velázquez, founder and president, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Toledo, OH; José Fuentes, Vice chair, National Hispanic Republican Assembly, Washington, DC.