Bush Has "Huge Sympathy" for Irish Illegal Aliens, Minister Says
Ireland is set to increase spending on consulates in the U.S. to assist illegal aliens living here. "In announcing the funding increases, Irish foreign minister Dermot Ahern said his government believes there are between 20,000 and 25,000 undocumented Irish in the 50 states at the present time," IrishEcho Online reports. "Ahern said that President George W. Bush had indicated his 'huge sympathy' for the position being faced by the [illegal] Irish, but that the Irish government well understood that Bush had to deal with broader considerations than just the plight of the Irish."
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