Is he beholden to those that do?
What is pushing him to this?
Not that I know of, but I do know that Tom Tancredo has employed illegals to work on his home. Talk about hypocrites.
I have been asking this for a long time. Still no idea
Does W 'employ' such illegals at his ranch?
Very doubtful.
What is pushing him to this?
One reason is he is obsessed with capturing the hispanic vote for the GOP. The problem he has is the vast majority of his (and the GOP base) finds this idea an anathema.
He wants the FTAA. Mexico won't sign it unless there is an utterly open border and no restrictions on movement of people into the USA.
Bush is faithful to his word and he has many mexican constituents that helped make him Governor of Texas and played a small role in his bid for the Presidency. I loathe his stance on immigration but I admire him for being true to his word. Fight this in Congress but this president will not, unfortunately, be tough on immigration. Particularly from Mexico.
What's pushing him is, 1) he has Hispanics in his family, 2) he speaks Spanish, and 3) he's a friend of Vincente Fox.