National Guard troops? Check
Increased enforcement? Check.
Guest worker program? Check.
Amnesty-by-any-other-name? Check.
Huh. Well that could've gone worse. Only question: does the guest worker program have a citizenship component? Only response: if it does, it ain't lasting two minutes on Congress. So long as Frist rules the Senate and Hastert runs the House, nothing reasonable will move forward. The President doesn't have all that much legislative power normally, but with poll numbers like these, he's got none.
Update: Representative Patrick McHenry (R-Tool) says:
A guest worker program is nothing more than amnesty wearing make-up —it's easier to look at, but just as ugly underneath. The simple truth is that is that if you break the law to come to this country, you will not respect it once you're here."
Similarly, when I break the speed limit en route to the bank, I'm a sure bet to stick the place up.
