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Seems to me that this is a setup for Vicente Fox, the Mexican oligarchs and the Atzlan crowd. They have been outfoxed by the master.

This crap isn't going anywhere. Bush may earn some style points from hispanics but unless he carries legislation to the congress, it's a dead letter.

Mexico needs to fix its crumbling economy. The US needs to secure its borders and reform immigration. At the moment, Mexico has nothing we want or that will further our interests. The Mexican government cannot stop cross border crime and smuggling. They encourage the illegals.

There is no advantage to us to create an amnesty for lawbreakers. Bush has put the ball squarely into the peoples' court, the congress. When they fail to pass legislation, Fox and company are sunk. The people will have spoken.

This scheme is going somewhere. Part of Bush's trip to the Summmit of the Americas is to set up a remittances policy. You know the money the illegals send out of country? I would also remind you that a public private partnership (a partnership between government and non-governmental organizations is a type of fascism, where government uses taxpayer money to reward private nonprofit organizations)

Here is what they are planning:

As migration to the United States has increased over the past decade, the level of remittances sent back to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has accelerated dramatically, growing at an average rate of between 7–10% per year across the region in recent years. Estimates indicate that the total volume
of remittances to LAC exceeds $18 billion per year. A country breakout is provided in the table below.
Many experts believe that the available statistics seriously underestimate the real volume of transfers, which may be as high as $20 billion. Official figures are unreliable for a number of reasons; most importantly, they are based on central bank figures and do not accurately capture informal flows. (The figures below are based on IDB estimates, from all sources, including the U.S. The countries listed represent over 90% of total volume.)
Family Remittances to LAC
Year 1999
Mexico $6.795 billion
Brazil $1.898 billion
Dominican Republic $1.747 billion
El Salvador $1.580 billion
Ecuador $1.247 billion
Peru $819 million
Cuba $800 million
Jamaica $781 million
Haiti $720 million
Colombia $612 million
Guatemala $535 million
Honduras $368 million
Nicaragua $345 million
All Countries $18.247 billion
In fact, remittances are having an economic and social impact far beyond their traditional role as a supplement to family income. In LAC, they now constitute a critical flow of foreign currency in the majority of countries, as the following data illustrate.

The value of remittances:
• Exceeds Official Development Assistance inflows;
• Is equal to nearly one-third of total regional Foreign Direct Investment;
• Accounts for over 10% of GDP in Haiti, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Jamaica, the Dominican
Republic, and Ecuador;
• In Mexico, remittances equal revenue from tourism and exceed 160% of agricultural exports;
• In El Salvador, remittances are seven times total FDI;
• In Guatemala, remittances are now nearly equal to coffee exports.

Potential partners might include a U.S. bank such as Wells Fargo, or the World Council of Credit Unions, both of which have shown some interest in serving the migrant market. Such a partnership would also need to include a non-profit organization or other entity with experience working with migrant populations. This sort of public-private partnership might serve as a model for the Global Development Alliance (GDA).