This is a good idea and would make the TN more analogous to an H-1B.  If they would also make TN a “dual intent” status like the H-1B, fewer H-1B’s would be requsted by Canadians and Mexicans.  Doing this would make the TN  a viable alternative to H status and would take some of the burden off of the cap-subject H-1Bs.

Although geared toward practitioners, the artcle provides useful insights in how the attorney-client relationship is structured. 

BTW, for those interested in developments in the field of US immigration, I highly recommend subscribing to Immigration Daily (ilw.com).

The irony is that Arizona would first have to seek permission from the Federal government to enact its guest-worker program.  The same Congress that failed miserably at its recent attempts to reform our nation’s broken immigration system would need to allow Arizona to enact such a law.     

On a similar note, Seasonal businesses are suffering because of the lack of temporary workers.  According to an Associated Press article:  “Breakfast will not be served this summer at Cape Cod’s Crown & Anchor. The Provincetown resort and entertainment complex usually hires 10 to 12 people from Jamaica and Eastern Europe each summer as cooks, housekeepers and maintenance workers. But new visa restrictions mean the guest workers it used last year aren’t expected back. With fewer workers, the resort’s management realized it wouldn’t have the manpower to serve three meals a day.”