Feb
28
The Democrats are asking for President Bush to promise he will deliver votes from the Republicans for creating a guest worker program and for giving illegal immigrants the opportunity to gain US citizenship.
The Senate, with Bush’s backing, passed a bill last year that did both, but it wilted into campaign fodder for November’s midterm elections after House Republicans staged hearings around the country opposing it.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy says, “Without the administration’s earnest engagement on this issue, our efforts are likely to suffer the same fate they did last year.”