Representative Navarrette : Congress will not pass immigration reform this year . Smith : What the plan needs is a guest worker program , which Republicans want . He says Congress can pass a guest worker program where workers are not exploited . It 's time for Congress to create a new guest worker program for the agriculture industry where employees can have decent wages , access to health clinics , livable housing , workers comp in case of injury , and legal protection so that they are n't exploited . Navarrette : If agriculture want reliable workers to do the dirty and hard jobs , there is a cost .
Representative Navarrette : Congress will not pass immigration reform this year . Smith : What the plan needs is a guest worker program , which Republicans want . He says Congress can pass a guest worker program where workers are not exploited . Navarrette : If agriculture want reliable workers to do the dirty and hard jobs , there is a cost .