Bush amnesty/nonamnesty proposal still a priority.(Ahead Of The Curve)(George W. Bush)

ITEM: "Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and Tom Ridge, the secretary of homeland security, assured Mexican officials on Tuesday [November 9] that President Bush would pursue a temporary worker program that could free millions of migrants living illegally in the United States from legal limbo," the New York Times reported on November 10.

ITEM: Reuters reported on November 9 that "Powell said Congress may now be more favorable to the planned temporary workers' program." The news service quoted Powell as saying the night before, on his trip to Mexico City: "Now that the campaign is behind us and 9/11 is also three years behind us and we have done a lot with respect to securing our borders ... I sense that there could be a more favorable environment."

AHEAD OF THE CURVE: THE NEW AMERICAN has repeatedly stated that the Bush administration intends to push through an amnesty program for illegal aliens--without identifying the program as an amnesty. We also warned that amnesty would be part of a broader plan to effectively abolish our borders and that the 9/11 terrorist attacks, while stalling the administration's agenda, would not cause the administration to reverse course.

In an "Insider Report" story entitled "Bush Amnesty Looms for Illegal Aliens," published in the September 24, 2001 issue of THE NEW AMERICAN, we noted: "The Bush administration has been torturing the English language in an effort to craft a new amnesty for millions of illegal aliens without saying the dread word: 'amnesty.' Some newly devised euphemisms include 'regularization,' 'legalization,' 'permanent status,' and 'earned adjustment.' President Bush has repeatedly dodged the amnesty issue, refusing to use the term. Still, when recently pressed on the issue, he insisted that his soon-to-be-revealed immigration policy vis-a-vis Mexico will not include a 'blanket amnesty.'"

In the next issue of TNA, we published a cover story entitled "Abolishing Our Borders," wherein we warned: "Our nation's political Establishment seeks to eradicate the borders that separate Canada, Mexico, and the United States as part of a larger design to create a regional political and economic bloc duplicating the European Union. And the administration of George W. Bush is vigorously promoting this design."

The 9/11 terrorist attacks understandably put impetus behind the grass-roots demand to plug our porous borders, but little was actually done to solve the problem. As we reported in our July 15, 2002 issue: "In response to the outrage over revelations that many of the 9-11 terrorists easily traveled to and from the U.S., illegally obtained welfare and other benefits, and repeatedly violated their visas, even though some of them were on 'watch' lists, the administration has tightened up the visa and ...