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Business owners have made a strong case to me that they need guest workers. But none has suggested that these workers should be placed on a path to citizenship.

I do favor guest workers, H1B visas and student visas.

We have an immigration system in this country that not only doesn't work, in many cases it doesn't even make any sense.

We must pursue immigration reform - it's something we have to do, something that starts with border security.

You can't keep bringing people in from other countries, finding them jobs when Americans need jobs first.

We should make it as easy as possible to be able to get a legal work visa - not citizenship, not a green card. Just a work visa, with a background check and a Social Security card so that applicable taxes would get paid.

We need to stop illegal immigration totally and reduce legal immigration and end the diversity visas policy pushed hard by President Clinton and allowing many persons from the Middle East to come to this country.

The only area that I would agree with minimum wage is in immigration reform, the guest worker program.

A recent Pew Hispanic survey found that more than 70 percent of illegal immigrants from Mexico are interested in a guest-worker program and then returning home.

Mr. Speaker, our Nation depends on immigrants' labor, and I hope we can create an immigration system as dependable as they are.