Bush betrays our borders.(Insider Report)

On January 7, President Bush proposed a drastic overhaul of our immigration laws that (in the words of the New York Times) "effectively amounts to an amnesty program for illegal immigrants with jobs in the United States...."

In the name of connecting "willing workers with willing employers" and--of course--"promoting compassion," the Bush amnesty would allow illegal aliens to apply for renewable three-year work permits, which would allow them to travel freely in and out of our country. As "guest workers" the illegal immigrants would collect the same federal benefits as American citizens or legal resident aliens.

The Bush plan tracks closely with legislation introduced last year by Senator John McCain and Congressmen Jim Kolbe and Jeff Flake, all of whom are Arizona Republicans. It also represents a significant victory for the organizers of last fall's "Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride." That nationwide protest attracted busloads of "riders"--most of them illegal aliens from Mexico and Central America--who converged on Washington, D.C., to lobby for amnesty before heading to a final rally in New York City. The event was organized by the familiar menagerie of subversive left-wing groups, including the Communist Party.

As numerous media accounts noted, President Bush made his announcement--before an audience including representatives of major Hispanic pressure groups--just five days before meeting Mexican President Vicente Fox at a hastily called "Summit of the Americas" in Monterrey, Mexico. Like his predecessors, Fox treats illegal emigration from Mexico as (in the words of former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Casteneda) a social and economic "safety valve." And like his predecessors, Fox has arrogantly ...