This view is not hinted at darkly, but rather proclaimed proudly, by The Wall Street Journal. The Bush Administration appears to be following this agenda as far its political survival will allow. More of a misguided ideology than a conspiracy, and therefore all the more pernicious.
President Bush far from some sort of lackey to the Wall Street Journal's editorial page. He believed in steel tariffs (wrongly, in my opinion), promnised in the campain and follwed through on that promise despite opposition from the WSJ, Limbaugh, Hannity and every other conservative talk show host.
I agree President Bush is wrong as far as "jobs americans won't do" etc. But he is far from the open borders ideology of the WSJ.