Like many countries Germany is still trying to solidify its immigration policy. Part of the continuing debate rests in how to better integrate former guest workers who helped build up the country in the 1960s and 70s. The United States has considered a similar guest worker program, and some of the lessons learned by Germany may signal how the US goes about its immigration reforms. Reporter Tony Ganzer is from Arizona , the frontline of the American immigration debate, and he’s in Germany on a journalist exchange trying to determine whether a guest worker program can be truly successful.
(Editor’s Note: This story was written in Germany, but subsequently produced and edited in the U.S. It is a comprehensive, 12-minute look into the state of German and U.S. immigration policy, and past, focusing on guest worker programs. The audio provided is from Deutsche Welle Radio’s “Insight.”)
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