"GOP Hopefuls Keep Distance on Immigration: Bipartisan Plan in Danger as McCain Pulls Away, Romney Shifts Stance and Giuliani Is Silent." While the Wall Street Journal reports that an immigration compromise is near. Sticking points?

Anxious to win Senate support for immigration overhaul, the White House is wrestling with how far to go to give future guest workers a shot at becoming permanent U.S. residents and citizens. The issue illustrates the administration's delicate balance as it tries to bring conservative Republicans aboard without driving off Democrats. Beyond politics, the question also goes to the heart of the legislation and whether the U.S. should invite in foreign labor without giving those workers any real chance of becoming part of this country.

Years after the deficient H-1B professional, skilled temporary visa program has crippled U.S. industry and forced outsourcing to India for thouands of system engineer jobs, the U.S. government finally shows interest in this crisis. There are some published rumors that U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Guttierez has stated that a doubling of the H-1B visa quota is coming!
On the other hand, somehow, despite the crisis caused by a shortage of H-1Bs which should have long ago resulted in the 65,000 visas being increased several times to 200-300,000 per year, Senator Charles Grassley is charging that the trickle of H-1Bs already provided are being abused. And this from a Congress we expected to create a fair and workable unskilled labor "guest worker" program. What a joke. Read more here.

It is NOT a solution to reduce the fines to be paid by undocumented aliens from $10,000 to $5,000 because the average working class imimgrant family can no better afford $5,000 per person ($25,000? $50,000?) than it can afford twice that punitive fine. The current fine is $1,000 and should not be increased.