Why is the Krieble Plan being called a more “conservative” approach?
All other plans being debated in Washington are based on massive increases in government spending. Some call for huge increases in federal employment (one bill called for adding 20,000 new border guards), with all the implications for salaries, benefits, and future retirement liability. Other plans call for construction of a massive border wall, priced conservatively at over $3 billion. The Krieble plan would eliminate most illegal border crossers, so border control would be easier, cheaper, and could be done with existing resources. And the guest worker program would be privately funded, costing taxpayers almost nothing. Government would have an oversight function, but would outsource the actual operation of the program, to be privately funded. Rather than costing taxpayers more, it would create new business opportunities and new jobs.
