House weighs more guest-worker visas in immigration bill
Story Date: 8/6/2013

Source: Kristina Peterson and Sara Murray, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, 8/2/13
 
Two House Republicans are working on an immigration bill that could disrupt the delicate deal struck between labor and business groups over how many visas to award to low-skilled guest workers.

GOP Reps. Ted Poe of Texas and Raul Labrador of Idaho may call for nearly twice the number of annual visas for low-skilled workers than the Senate included in its immigration bill, though they haven't yet settled on a number, two people familiar with drafts of the House bill say.
 
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