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...solution is to set up a system that will encourage illegal aliens to self-deport and come back legally as guest workers,? Pence, the grandson of an Irish immigrant, says in prepared remarks. ?The visa will be issued only outside of the United States. Outside of the United States. That is a key point because it is the provision that will require the 12 million illegal aliens to leave. Now, some of you are thinking to yourselves that 12 million people aren?t going to pack up and leave just to get a visa to come back legally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Compromise Plan on Immigration | 5/23/2006 | See Source »

...plan includes all the security measures of the bill that has already passed the House, and adds a provision for guest worker visas would be good for two years. A limited renewal would be available if the worker studied English and passed an English proficiency class. Federal law already has visa categories A through V. ?The visas will be referred to as ?W Visas,? ? Pence say in his remarks. ?No kidding. I think it is obvious whose support we are trying to garner here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Compromise Plan on Immigration | 5/23/2006 | See Source »

About 10,000 guest workers, mostly Mexican and Guatemalan, have temporary visas to plant trees and clear brush on private land or tracts owned by the U.S. Forest Service. Called pineros because many work in remote pine forests, the workers are recruited by private contractors with promises of high wages. But many pineros arrive in the U.S. as much as $2,000 in debt for travel and visa expenses--costs the courts have ruled must be borne by employers. "Often recruiters make them leave the deed to their home with a company representative as collateral to ensure they stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mistreating The Guests | 5/22/2006 | See Source »

Heather, a starling-eyed cashier at my favorite coffee shop, advised a radical change in muffin choice. “Live dangerously,” she said while swiping the Visa. Little did she know I was already in danger. At 6 p.m., I had yet to begin a research paper that was due the following morning...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Under Pressure | 5/22/2006 | See Source »

...location. Most employees work entirely on a commission basis. One of the biggest challenges for the company, says co-founder Timur Artemiev, is finding enough good managers. Among the criteria: "They mustn't be lazy or steal." Emerging consumer credit is helping to fuel sales. Credit cards such as Visa or American Express have only taken off in Russia in the past three years, and few Russians yet own one. But stores have increasingly begun offering loan terms to customers. Offering credit was pioneered by M.Video, an electronics and electrical equipment chain, and has quickly been adopted by others. M.Video...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comrades in Consumption | 5/7/2006 | See Source »

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