Replies

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040107-1.html

"Reasonable Annual Increase of Legal Immigrants: A reasonable increase in the annual limit of legal immigrants will benefit those who follow the lawful path to citizenship."

Also note the Bush supports allowing illegals turned guest workers being allowed to stay in country as they pursue citizenship.

You are misreading. When he says that there would be increase in the annual limit, that means a one time increase, not an increase every year. The dems aren't going for this because they know that the pubs can come back and throw up barriers(more barriers) in the process that would effectively negate any increase.

As for standing in the rear of Green Card line, itdepends on how you read it. If we read as you are reading it, where they are is irrelevant since that line is longer than 6 years and the guest worker will have the ability to come and go so that he will be able to apply at home. If anything, it benefits those who come from futher away(Asia) over those whose home is close(Mex).

What Bush has proposed here is not binding and is entirely up to how Congress wants to work out the details.