Bush and all the other politicians are correct, the illegal immigrants are doing the jobs Americans will not do. What they are not discussing is why this is.
Most of the jobs Americans will not do require Spanish speaking. Consider this carefully.
Public schools throughout the nation have ESL (English as a Second Language) classes for illegal immigrants so they can be fluent in both English and their native language. No such equivalent national education program exists for children born into English speaking households.
If Spanish is a requirement for a job, who will fill these jobs, a person that speaks English, or a person that speaks Spanish with some English?
"Jobs Americans will not do", is a valid statement, but it does not explain why Americans will not do these jobs.
At any given time, we have nearly 3 million American youths, ages 15 - 24 seeking work. These are not kids sitting on their collective butts waiting for handouts. They represent about 10% of their age population.
When unskilled jobs require an applicant to speak Spanish, and our youths have not been prepared to compete for these jobs, the government has a plan that does not include our native citizen population.
For the benefit of our domestic population, it should be made unlawful to require a language other than English as a prerequisite for employment, except those jobs that are passive interpretors only, not people actually doing the labor.
To benefit both our youths and employers, all mandatory SSI contributions by our youths and employers should be ended so long as the youths remain in school.
Here’s a related article discussing the Mexican paramilitary organization, the Zetas:
American youths did Mexican drug cartel’s dirty work
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1923875/posts