▁also ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Kn ights ▁of ▁Columb us , ▁Council ▁ 1 2 1 4 ▁of ▁Fort ▁Collins , ▁Colorado . ▁ ▁During ▁his ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁Senate ▁campaign , ▁Sch af fer ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁Northern ▁Marian as ' ▁guest ▁worker ▁program ▁might ▁serve ▁as ▁a ▁model ▁for ▁U . S . ▁national ▁imm igration ▁policy , ▁stir ring ▁further ▁controvers y . ▁ ▁Sch af fer ▁was ▁particularly ▁im pressed ▁with ▁their ▁pre - qual ifying ▁foreign ▁workers ▁before ▁they ▁were ▁allowed ▁to ▁imm igr ate ▁to ▁the ▁C N MI . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁World ▁magazine ▁article ▁that ▁mainly ▁s our ced ▁Andrea ▁Sh eld on ▁of ▁the ▁TV C , ▁some ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁issues ▁of ▁the ▁Northern ▁Marian as ▁labor , ▁w age , ▁and ▁imm igration ▁laws ▁are ▁simply ▁attacks ▁by ▁U . S .- based ▁labor ▁un ions ▁who ▁are ▁attempting ▁to ▁eliminate ▁competition . ▁Sch af fer ▁told ▁the ▁Den ver ▁Post , ▁" The ▁workers ▁were ▁sm iling ; ▁they ▁were ▁happy ." ▁Sch af fer ▁down play ed ▁criticism ▁from ▁anti - ab ort ion ▁organizations ▁that ▁he ▁participated ▁in ▁Abr am off ' s ▁lo bb ying ▁strategy ▁to ▁protect ▁the ▁swe at shop ▁system ▁by ▁arg uing , ▁" In ▁five ▁days , ▁I ▁did ▁not ▁observe ▁a ▁forced ▁abort ion ▁or ▁meet ▁anybody ▁who ▁had ▁any ▁knowledge ▁of ▁them ." ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Bob ▁Sch af fer ▁for