I think that the new language may be appropriate. The President seemed to come at the problem from two directions. First, seal the borders to stop the wholesale migration. Second, deal fairly and equitably with the millions of undocumented persons who remain. Subject to that policy being ratified policy by Congress it would seem to me that the illegal aliens can now be called undocumented immigrants.
Turned on CNN or maybe MSNBC last night...Tony Blankley was trying to shore up support for Bush's speech. He said it was a good 'first step', implying there'd be more to come. Let's hope so. Also, 6000 National Guard troops seems to be a top number, not a number to start with and upped if necessary. God forbid we militarize the border. It seems at this point that Mexico is gone as a nation. To cite figures from a Mexican poll of months ago, (so surely many more are in the US by now): a quarter of Mexico's population, the poorest, are already here. Half of those remaining were packing to head north,(the middle class). Whole villages are vacant. Fox admits remittances from the US are the biggest item in his budget, more than oil, drugs, everything else. The billions sent home from more than 20 million Mexicans in the US are keeping Mexico afloat. We're feeding corruption and worse. (Why is this a good thing? Especially when they bring that culture here?)Mexico complains that poverty and disease are spreading. Fewer doctors to treat the sick, fewer people to work and somehow it's not their fault.
Mexico's a sink with the drain pulled. Glug, glug. Everyone's gone like water down the drain. So we go in and straighten them out, (set them up again a la Palestine, a chore that awaits...ad infinitum), or we throw up our hands and say the border's gone. We've integrated with Mexico on their terms. It's bad, and what's worse, we were denied an honest discussion about this for years. Lied to over and over. If the democrats get in, however, it will be far worse.
That would be to send them back were they came from; where they can start their application to enter this country legally, at the nearest American Embassy.