Bush deplores 'too many' illegals
US President George W. Bush sought yesterday to woo back his disenchanted conservative allies as he admitted having a problem with "too many illegal immigrants," but he also revived his pitch for a Mexican guest worker programme favoured by corporations.
A promise to "enforce our borders" came as Bush finds himself under fire from his own allies over his nomination of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court, the administration's profligate spending, and failure to stem the flow of illegal migrants over the southern border.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Moving to close the rift on at least one of these issues, the president assured in his weekly radio address that his administration wanted "to stop people from crossing into America illegally."
"Our border patrol and immigration agents are doing a fine job, but we still have a problem," Bush said. "Too many illegal immigrants are coming in, and we're capturing many more non-Mexican illegal immigrants than we can send home."
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