Bush renews proposal for guest-worker program.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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Byline: William E. Gibson

WASHINGTON _ Faced with constant pressure at the borders and a burgeoning illegal population, President Bush and a powerful alliance of business, labor and advocacy groups revived attempts on Tuesday to transform the nation's dysfunctional immigration system.

"This is a system desperately in need of repair," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told the Senate Judiciary Committee.

While congressional and business leaders joined the call for an immigration overhaul, Bush renewed his proposal to create a foreign guest-worker program to supply American employers and provide a legitimate alternative to illegal entries by land, sea and air.

"It makes sense to have a...

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