In addition, we must employ an effective temporary worker program to allow employers to hire workers to meet demand and grow our economy. This program will allow workers to enter the United States legally to work in industries where there is a workforce shortage, then return to their home countries when a job is complete. This program should be focused on accountability, prevent immigrants with a criminal history from entering and require immigrants to return home when their position is no longer needed.
Implement an effective temporary worker program that allows legal entry for work and requires workers to return home when jobs are complete.
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In addition, we must employ an effective temporary worker program to allow employers to hire workers to meet demand and grow our economy. This program will allow workers to enter the United States legally to work in industries where there is a workforce shortage, then return to their home countries when a job is complete.
Carter noted that work remains on the final Homeland Security appropriations bill, which funds critical agencies including Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Secret Service, and FEMA.
Congress.gov lists H.R.5494 as a bill to create an H-2C nonimmigrant classification for temporary nonagricultural workers. Its latest action is House committee referral on September 18, 2025; the cosponsor list shown does not include John R. Carter.
Carter's official release said he would continue work with House colleagues on a comprehensive immigration bill and support a system for employers to verify temporary working status and recruit immigrants needed for the economy.
Carter's official news archive currently tops out at a May 5, 2026 press release about the Congressional Art Competition; the archive shows no later June 2026 posts and no official announcement of a temporary worker program in the current window.
The live Border Security and Immigration issue page still says Carter "must employ an effective temporary worker program" and describes a program that lets workers enter legally and then return home when jobs are complete.
The official news archive's newest visible item is dated May 5, 2026, about the Congressional Art Competition; the page shows no June 2026 post and no announcement of a temporary worker program.
Assessments
Carter's current official issue page still frames the temporary worker program as a goal, and the evidence shows related advocacy and immigration work but no enacted, implemented, or materially advanced temporary-worker program attributable to him. There is also no sign that a qualifying bill he sponsored or materially advanced passed later, so the promise cannot be counted as delivered.
Carter publicly backed a temporary worker program and, in 2013, said he was working with House colleagues on broader immigration legislation that included temporary work-status and employer verification provisions. That shows meaningful legislative effort. But the record provided shows no enacted federal temporary worker program matching the promise, no implementation announcement, and no evidence that Carter sponsored or materially advanced a measure that ultimately became law. Recent evidence through 2025-2026 shows the promise still appearing as a policy position while comparable legislation remained only introduced and Carter was not listed as a sponsor or cosponsor. Under a federal office standard, this is a failed delivery with evidence of effort rather than fulfillment.
No evidence shows Carter implemented or enacted the promised temporary worker program. The closest evidence is his 2013 work on broader immigration legislation and support for a temporary work-status system, which indicates a real policy effort, but it did not result in the promised program. Later current-term activity and related bills do not show Carter sponsorship, enactment, or implementation.
The cited evidence shows Carter continuing to advocate for a temporary worker program, but it does not show enactment or implementation of a program matching the promise: legal entry for temporary work tied to workforce shortages with required return when jobs end. The later Carter activity described is border-security and appropriations work, which is adjacent to immigration policy but not delivery of the promised worker program. Because Carter remains in federal office and the promise is still stated as a policy position rather than shown as fulfilled or definitively failed, the best adjudication is unresolved rather than delivered or never.