The Washington Times
SANTIAGO, Chile — President Bush assured Mexico yesterday that he would expend "political capital" earned in his re-election to push hard to grant guest-worker status to millions of illegal immigrants.
The president said he had "campaigned on this issue" in the election.
At a joint press conference last night with Chilean President Ricardo Lagos to close a summit of 21 Pacific Rim nations, he suggested that critics in Congress who think his proposal will overwhelm an already taxed Border Patrol are mistaken.
Posted by Suzanne at November 22, 2004