"Amnesty Is Not Going to Fly" Says Bush
Mexican President Says His Relatives May be Working Illegally in the U.S.
"President Bush wrapped up his Latin American tour Wednesday with a
pledge to Mexican President Felipe Calderon that he would seek an accord that straddles the middle ground between amnesty to illegal residents and booting out more than 12 million people. 'Amnesty is not going to fly,' Bush said. 'There is not going to be automatic citizenship; it just won't work. People in the United States don't support that, and neither do I. Nor will kicking people out of the United States work. It's not practical,'" the LA Times reports.
"Responding to a question during a joint news conference, [Mexican President] Calderon confirmed that he had relatives working in vegetable fields in the United States, adding, 'They probably handle what you eat.' But he said he didn't know their legal status."
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