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Bush renews immigration bill call
US President George W Bush has again stressed the need for agreement in Washington on immigration reform.
Visiting a border post in Arizona, Mr Bush said the US needed a system that secured its frontiers while honouring its history as a nation of immigrants.
President Bush said he believed the atmosphere was conducive to agreement in the Democratic-led Congress.
Mr Bush's past attempts at immigration reform have been thwarted, partly by opponents in his own Republican party.
The president's policy aims to tighten border security while offering illegal immigrants already within the US the status of guest-workers.
But conservative critics of his plans say the guest-worker programme amounts to an amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Meanwhile, Hispanic and immigrants rights groups have attacked Mr Bush's efforts to tighten border security.
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"The number of people apprehended for illegally crossing our southern border is down by nearly 30% this year," he said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6539995.stm
So did we catch 30% less or did 30% less try to come over ?
Or some other combination of both ?
US President George W Bush has again stressed the need for agreement in Washington on immigration reform.
Visiting a border post in Arizona, Mr Bush said the US needed a system that secured its frontiers while honouring its history as a nation of immigrants.
President Bush said he believed the atmosphere was conducive to agreement in the Democratic-led Congress.
Mr Bush's past attempts at immigration reform have been thwarted, partly by opponents in his own Republican party.
The president's policy aims to tighten border security while offering illegal immigrants already within the US the status of guest-workers.
But conservative critics of his plans say the guest-worker programme amounts to an amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Meanwhile, Hispanic and immigrants rights groups have attacked Mr Bush's efforts to tighten border security.
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"The number of people apprehended for illegally crossing our southern border is down by nearly 30% this year," he said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6539995.stm
So did we catch 30% less or did 30% less try to come over ?
Or some other combination of both ?
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