President Barack Obama: Immigration Reform

West Germany Dept: More than three million people of Turkish origin live in Germany the legacy of West Germany's Cold War-era program to recruit temporary foreign labour during the boom years of the 1950s and 1960s when the country rebuilt after World War II, according to Vancouver Sun. Germany's experience with "guest workers" offers lessons for the United States as it debates immigration reform, including whether to provide a path to citizenship for unskilled foreign labourers, or whether there should be additional temporary-only visas for such workers. President Barack Obama has urged Congress to begin debate in April after lawmakers return from a two-week recess and BERLIN - In gritty backstreets of Berlin, housewives wearing head scarves shop for lamb and grape leaves. Old men pass the time in cafes sipping coffee, chatting in Turkish and reading Turkish newspapers. What started as a temporary program has changed the fabric of German urban life from mosques on street corners to countless shops selling widely popular Doener kebab fast food sandwiches. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.