Alien amnesty dialectic.(Insider Report)

One year ago, President Bush instigated a rush on our southern border by announcing an immigration "temporary worker" proposal that is tantamount to amnesty for millions of illegal aliens. Within days, Border Patrol agents noted a dramatic increase in the number of people crossing the border illegally, hoping to be in the U.S. when the amnesty took effect.

Even as it dismissed the Bush amnesty proposal as inadequate, the Mexican government also moved to capitalize on it. Last year the Mexican Foreign Ministry issued a 32-page booklet entitled Guia Del Migrante Mexicano (Guide for the Mexican Migrant), which offered detailed safety instructions to Mexicans seeking to enter the U.S. illegally.

Although the comic book-style pamphlet stated that "the secure way to enter another country is the previous acquisition of a passport," the document acknowledged that "we see many cases of Mexicans who intend to cross the northern border without the necessary papers...." Accordingly, the Guide provides useful information for those who make "the difficult decision to seek new employment opportunities outside your homeland."

Publication of the Guide provoked widespread outrage in the U.S., particularly in southwestern states that are being besieged--and bankrupted--by the illegal immigration invasion. "It is disgraceful that the Mexican government openly encourages its citizens to head north, not only breaking our immigration laws, but also trampling the spirit of citizenship and assimilation those laws were meant to foster," Congressman J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.) wrote in a January 5 letter to Mexican Ambassador Carlos de Icaza.