Bush Meets Star Trek
Extending hope and opportunity in our country requires an immigration system worthy of America -- with laws that are fair and borders that are secure. When laws and borders are routinely violated, this harms the interests of our country. To secure our border, we are doubling the size of the Border Patrol -- and funding new infrastructure and technology.
Yet even with all these steps, we cannot fully secure the border unless we take pressure off the border -- and that requires a temporary worker program. ["Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."] We should establish a legal and orderly path for foreign workers to enter our country to work on a temporary basis. As a result, they won't have to try to sneak in -and that will leave border agents free to chase down drug smugglers, and criminals, and terrorists. We will enforce our immigration laws at the worksite, and give employers the tools to verify the legal status of their workers -- so there is no excuse left for violating the law. We need to uphold the great tradition of the melting pot that welcomes and assimilates new arrivals. ["We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile."] And we need to resolve the status of the illegal immigrants who are already in our country -- without animosity and without amnesty. ["Resistance is futile. Your life as it has been is over. From this time forward, you will service us....If you attempt to intervene, we will destroy you."]
Yet even with all these steps, we cannot fully secure the border unless we take pressure off the border -- and that requires a temporary worker program. ["Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."] We should establish a legal and orderly path for foreign workers to enter our country to work on a temporary basis. As a result, they won't have to try to sneak in -and that will leave border agents free to chase down drug smugglers, and criminals, and terrorists. We will enforce our immigration laws at the worksite, and give employers the tools to verify the legal status of their workers -- so there is no excuse left for violating the law. We need to uphold the great tradition of the melting pot that welcomes and assimilates new arrivals. ["We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile."] And we need to resolve the status of the illegal immigrants who are already in our country -- without animosity and without amnesty. ["Resistance is futile. Your life as it has been is over. From this time forward, you will service us....If you attempt to intervene, we will destroy you."]