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George W. Bush's January 2004 proposal to extend amnesty to illegal immigrants, charges the activist group Judicial Watch, "prompted a surge of illegal border-crossings that the administration then sought to cover up," summarized a June 28 Washington Post story.
Citing portions of a 2004 U.S. Border Patrol survey obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, Judicial Watch reported that "61 percent of a sample of detainees who had been caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexican border in the wake of Bush's proposal said they had been informed by the Mexican government or the media that the Bush administration was offering amnesty to illegal immigrants. Nearly 45 percent said the purported amnesty influenced their decision to enter the United States illegally."
The Bush amnesty proposal, which has been repackaged as an immigration reform bill sponsored by senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), has been presented as a solution for the ever-escalating ...
Source: HighBeam Research, "Amnesty rush"? Well, duh.(INSIDE REPORT)(Brief Article)