I don't really care about trying to track down and deport the 8 to 12 million illegals. I am concerned about a Bush policy that does nothing to secure our borders and turns over our immigration policy to employers. How will be able to enforce the Bush plan? How many illegals will sign on knowing that they could be deported after three years or sooner if they lose their jobs? Bush will now allow them to bring in their families increasing the numbers further and making citizens out of any children born here.
I can see an Underground Railroad being developed by unscrupulous employers bringing workers in for a fee and then setting them loose. I can see a marked increase in the volume of illegals to get in here before the plan is approved. I can see documented workers disappearing after the 3 years are up. I can see the Bush Plan affecting not only low, paying menial jobs (supposedly not wanted by Americans), but also, skilled jobs now covered and limited by H1B visas.
The bottom line is we have no control over our borders and the Bush plan does nothing to improve the situation. We can't absorb all the workers that want to come here. Mexico has a population of 100 million with 33% of the population under 15. Its GDP per capita income is one seventh of ours. The economic pressures for Mexicans and the most of Latin America to come to America will continue to increase.
Having immigration in the hands of the employers is nothing new. How many CEO's are going to be arrested because an illegal alien works at Walmart or Lowes?
They come here for the work. It is best to use the system to our advantage.
There already is an underground railroad! The employers know how to get the immigrants here to work. That has never been a problem.
This is not a Border Plan, nor is it a National Security plan... this plan deals with the immigrants who are already here.