[TigersEye]

I think that it is because business interests do not want that border closed.

But why would they care if the border is closed if there's going to be a "guest worker program?" /rhetorical question

Because when these illegals become citizens, and even in the case of legal temporary workers, the law will require that businesses pay their FICA, minimum wage, vacation bennies, health bennies, family leave, retirement packages and so on and so forth. Those businesses will cut them loose and look for new illegals and new ways to scam the system.

Must be why he didn't say word one about enforcing the law on employers who hire illegals.

[FreeReign]

Must be why he didn't say word one about enforcing the law on employers who hire illegals.

President Bush:Third, we need to hold employers to account for the workers they hire. It is against the law to hire someone who is in this country illegally. Yet businesses often cannot verify the legal status of their employees because of the widespread problem of document fraud. Therefore, comprehensive immigration reform must include a better system for verifying documents and work eligibility. A key part of that system should be a new identification card for every legal foreign worker. This card should use biometric technology, such as digital fingerprints, to make it tamper-proof. A tamper-proof card would help us enforce the law, and leave employers with no excuse for violating it. And by making it harder for illegal immigrants to find work in our country, we would discourage people from crossing the border illegally in the first place.