"GW is in India praising the outsourcing of US jobs to them. Chertoff is in south Texas praising the flood of illegals.
What is that rationale?"
Middle and lower income wage depression policy to reduce costs. Former cost cutting focus was on increasing productivity. The mantra under Bush cost reduction via labor. Certain jobs cannot be physically outsourced overseas so illegals are insourced to "fill" them - really depress the wage market for the jobs.
The Globablists were shyer during Clinton. Bush, Chertoff, etc. are on-board unabashedly. The Bushbot base is still engaged with fantasies that Bush is "sleeping" or isn't hearing from the right people, etc. etc. year after year. Bush believes in these active and tacit middle class wage reduction policies. Always has, always will. Will get away with it until the Bushbots wake up, since the Dems can't articulate a policy.
It's a simple equation, really.
Lower costs equals lower prices for consumer goods which, in general, equals a higher standard of living.
If we had to buy DVD players manufactured only in the United States, they'd still cost about $400 each. Ditto every other consumer electronic (not to mention computer component) worth owning.
In any case, in terms of manufacturing jobs - even China is losing manufacturing jobs. The day of making things via human labor will be over in ten or twenty years in any case.