[A CA Guy]

Fox wants to OPEN borders and Bush wants to have the ones that have illegally crossed to register, pay taxes then leave.

[JustPiper]

Mr. Bush began lobbying Congress to pass a new alien work program in 2001, but the issue was sidelined after the September 11 terrorist attacks and renewed concerns over border security.

THIS is what gets me. It was a grande plan from Day1 and sidetracked by 911?!

[RLK]

Fox wants to OPEN borders and Bush wants to have the ones that have illegally crossed to register, pay taxes then leave.

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They can't leave. Mexico has a population problem. Fox needs to export at least 2,500,000,000 people northward to survive. Fox knows it. Bush knows it, to the extent he knows anything, which is doubtful.

[dagnabbit]

Bush wants to have the ones that have illegally crossed to register, pay taxes then leave.

I wish that were true. However, I think Sec. Evans let slip the truth in the above article. No one will ever be kicked out of the country under this program. If Bush doesn't have the courage to kick illegal aliens out now, why on earth would he 3,4 or 5 years from now?

The 3-year "temporary worker" bit is just today's version of a "decent interval", such as that between the '73 Paris treaty and the '75 fall of Saigon. In this case the interval is just long enough to get past this election and maybe the 06 midterm, before folks realize no "temporary" workers ever depart.