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January 30, 2004 MEXICO'S ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PROBLEM "Last year Mexico deported 147,000 illegal immigrants in all, some 20% more than in 2002. Over 90% came from just three Central American countries (Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua), almost all of whom are likely to have entered through the southern border. In Tapachula, immigration officials concede that the higher figure represents not their success in stemming the flow, but evidence that more are making the journey," the Economist magazine reports." Mexico's president, Vicente Fox, has long badgered Mr Bush over immigration reform. But as some Mexican officials now acknowledge, their own country also lacks a coherent immigration policy. Just like the Americans, Mexico's government treats the human traffic across its border as a security problem. It is, but largely because of the crime that the incomers attract and are victims of. There is also much official sympathy for the plight of the Central American migrants, and a common understanding of the poverty that they are trying to escape."
BUSH AMNESTY TALK DRIVING UP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION " In the month since President Bush floated his non-amnesty amnesty program, the number of immigrants caught attempting to enter the country illegally at the biggest border crossing checkpoint is up 15 percent," says Joseph Farah of Worldnetdaily. "In other words, George Bush rolled out the red carpet for more illegal immigration. In other words, George Bush sent out engraved invitations for more illegal immigration. In other words, George Bush undermined the immigration laws of this country. In other words, in a time of heightened national security concerns, George Bush has helped to overwhelm our already stretched law-enforcement resources at our borders. In other words, George Bush is promoting law breaking."
GOP PONDERS BENEFIT OF BUSH PROPOSAL "Republican leaders see little chance of a significant grass-roots revolt over President Bush's immigration policy, but some wonder whether his proposal has any short-term benefits for him politically," the Washington Times reports. "Although these leaders generally like Mr. Bush's proposal and think it is fair-minded, some shared Mr. Norcross' doubts about whether it will provide the kind of payoff for the president, especially among the rapidly increasing Hispanic vote, for which Republican Party strategists had hoped."
HISPANIC OPINION SPLIT ON BUSH PROPOSAL "Hispanics generally approve of President Bush's proposal for a national guest worker program, but their opposition grows after they learn its details, according to a poll released Thursday," according to the AP. "The survey found 42 percent of respondents supported Bush's immigration reform plan, with 20 percent opposed and the remainder undecided. But opinions split 45-45 once respondents were informed that most immigrant workers would have to return home once their legal status expired."
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