Or...find a solution that doesn't swing from one extreme to the other. Making them all criminals at the felony level is extreme, doing awway with borders is equally ludicrous.

The Guest Worker program being touted by the Bush Administration has some merit though. Mr Bush knows who writes some of his checks, and those people don't want to be cut off from their labour force. Their selfish motivations aside, they are willing to pay fairer wages and be more responsible with their workforce in order to keep it. The whole thing stinks of standard lame duck practices. Do something that can be seen as humanitarian and progressive on your way out to smooth the path for whoever your party will present next. Who cares though, if it is a good program and helps people it still won't do too much to distance the GOP from the decisions that administration made.