I am not sure what "problem" Mr. President is talking about. One problem is that our borders are open; they have been open at least since 1986 when President Reagan signed an amnesty bill to solve the problem once and for all. But we failed to secure our borders.
President Bush should be talking about a simple, single-purpose immigration Bill to secure our borders with adequate follow-up funding to stop the leak. That is what this country needs. That is what the people want. Then, after we have demonstrated the will to secure our borders, we can then and only then take the time needed to rework our immigration policy, including how best to deal with illegals in a just and compassionate manner, including nationalization of the English language. We can save billions in costs of dealing with multiple languages that would more than pay for our border security.
The President should put together a study group that will take the time to objectively assess the scope and scale of the problems with illegal aliens and come up with a meaningful policy for dealing with those already here. What is wrong with that idea?
That's the problem in a nutshell. This situation is being demanded by a special interest that is running the show. Bush-if he even understands what the hell he's doing-doesn't give a chit about immigration. He's carrying somebody else's water here.
It's becoming more and more obvious that special interests really run our country and that Bush and the rest of our elected fools are simply puppets.
It focuses on border security first. This is not what the proponents of the current bill want. Their objectives are:
Cheap labor (for business)
An electorate of poor, uneducated people who will be dependent on big government for benefits (for the Democrats)
Phony border security plans (with lots of loopholes) are just something the Congress critters serve up to attempt to calm the sheeple. But they have no intention of passing anything, such as your plan, which is serious and has teeth.