Dan Walters' Capitol Q&A

Question: Would employers of migrant workers support a program in which they would identify employees and invite federal inspection to determine their legal status with the provision that they would be required to pay a small fine for each illegal worker, keep that employee on the payroll, and participate in a program to give that worker a green card? The illegal worker should be required to apply for citizenship and that family should not be entitled to benefits awarded to citizens until citizenship has been obtained.
-- Margaret E. Baell, Citrus Heights

Answer: More than likely, employers would accept such a plan although the devil, as always, is in the details.
--Dan Walters

Question: Anything in the works on redistricting reform? If so, when can we expect some news?
-- Philippe, Sacramento

Answer: The governor will propose it, but whether anything happens is problematic.
--Dan Walters