The article sounds like she had already been working for the Bush family and then when Bush became governor IT WAS AT THAT TIME that he encouraged her to become a citizen (probably because he knew it would be used against him in later campaigns). It's fairly obvious that she was an illegal when she worked for Bush but when he got into the governor's office he pushed her to become legal. No wonder Bush has no problems with illegals coming here to work -- he hires them himself.
His attorney general Gonzalez -- the CHIEF LAW ENFORCER IN THE USA -- had all 3 of his grandparents come here illegally which is probably why no immigration laws have been enforced since Gonzalez got the job. Bush's love affair with Mexico is his own business but when his love affair ends up with 15 million illegals from Mexico pouring into the U.S. people are getting fed up with him real fast.
I'm not fan of Al Gonzalez (he was on the board of a state affiliate of La Raza, which I detest), but I just don't think there EXISTED laws that would've made someone "illegal" in Texas when his grandparents would've come over (I'm assuming they came around 1880 to 1910 or so, based on his age).
I say this because my ancestors settled on this side of the border in the early-to-mid 1700s or so, and their letters and journals indicate there was pretty open settlement and "back-and-forthing" between this side of the border and that side of the border, both from a livestock and people standpoint (their old logs and journals discuss people they did business with, livestock they traded, etc.). There were even some ranches that actually straddled the border.
I think modern "immigration laws and quotas" with Mexico began in the early 1920s or so, after the Mexican Revolution. During that time, one of my great grandfather's brothers had gone to Mexico to work for an oil company, and there are letters where he's wanting to come back to the U.S., fearing that he won't be allowed to if he waits too long.
Actually, that's not how it works (Assuming she drove or flew over here, not swam). You're not considered "illegal" unless you file the proper documentation, which is only done when you cross a proper U.S. port of entry and give the border guards correct documentation, or if you came before 1986, when the last amnesty bill was passed.
We'll let this story develop. Bush is clearly on defense in this situation. The question is, if it turns out to be much ado about nothing (If the immigrant in question fits in the last 2 criteria), is he blitzing using the 46 defense or just playing prevent using the quarter defense?
Gonzales grandparents most likely got here BEFORE the present system (under which they'd been illegals).