What am I Missing? What about Illegals?

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Am I missing something here? To me is seems as if Bush is pandering to the illegals- Bush seeks better ties in Latin America By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer President Bush sent a long-distance message to Congress from the southeast tip of Mexico: The future of U.S. relations south of the border hinges on immigration reform. "I'm going to keep repeating it while I'm here in Mexico — that I know our country must have comprehensive immigration reform," said Bush, who returns to Washington on Wednesday after a second day of meetings with Mexican President Felipe Calderon. The president could not promise Mexico that Congress will pass his guest worker program. He could only promise to work hard to make it law. "President Calderon holds deep convictions on the matter of migration, and so do I," Bush said Tuesday night in a toast to Calderon on the breezy verandah of a manicured hacienda where the two dined on fresh shrimp ceviche and duck. "Our nations share a 2,000-mile border, and that should be a source of unity, not division," Bush said. "So we're working together to keep both sides of the border open to tourism and trade, and closed to criminals and drug dealers and smugglers and terrorists and gun runners." WHAT ABOOUT THE ILLEGALS??? With those words, Bush closed a warm, sunny day of meetings, hacienda hopping and sightseeing at Mayan ruins with Calderon, who heralded the meeting as a "new stage in bilateral relations." Mexicans view the fence as an insult that has aggravated already strained relations with their powerful northern neighbor. Bush worked to allay their concerns, saying the barrier and stepped up enforcement along the border were only the first steps in a comprehensive immigration law overhaul that he hoped would include a guest worker program THIS DRIVES ME NUTS - --- Bush's proposed guest worker program, which Congress has not embraced, would allow Mexicans to seek temporary work visas to work in the United States. He says his proposal would not grant automatic citizenship, but would provide a path toward that end. Some members of Bush's own party say providing a path to citizenship amounts to giving amnesty to those who have immigrated illegally. OMG! WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER YEAR OF BUSH! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070314/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/bush_latin_america;_ylt=At4DmBZvJz9iVKoDWjOFcays0NUE