1- Today Bush actually claimed his plan is not an amnesty even though it would give immediate legal residency in the U.S to the 12 million illegal aliens and the eventual granting of U.S. citizenship after paying a fine !!! 2 - Pres. Bush said the answer to slowing down illegal immigration is to allow any American company to hire any willing foreign worker. We assume he would require some kind of safeguard for American workers, but he didn't specify any !!!!???!! 3 - Pres. Bush is so out of touch with 86% of Americans on this issue that many Republicans AND even more Democrats are urging everything possible be done to embolden Members of the House to continue to oppose Bush and the Senate bill -- and to stand firm in pushing forward H.R. 4437 passed by the House last December. The House bill would strengthen enforcement in many ways and begin an attrition that would lead to most current illegal aliens going to their home countries over time. What is President Bush doing !!!? What a huge SLAP in the face to the tens of thousands of honest law abiding would-be "Legal Immigrants" waiting years to enter the America CORRECT way. Not to mention the millions that suffered but came to our shores legally last century. As an Italian-American Second Generation, our people along with the Irish and Chinese to name just three nationalities built the infrastructure of America...there were no OPEN BORDERS for us just the law to conform to or not. Now criminality is rewarded? What about those legal immigrants then and those waiting now to enter legally...why not give them the preference!