(8 Apr 2006)
Washington, DC - 8 April 2006
1. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, US President: (FROM RADIO ADDRESS, OVER STILL OF BUSH)
"Comprehensive immigration reform must include a temporary worker programme that relieves pressure on our borders, while rejecting amnesty. A temporary worker programme would create a legal way to match willing foreign workers with willing American employers to fill jobs that no American is available to do. By creating a legal channel for those seeking temporary work in America, we would reduce the number of people trying to sneak across the border. This would free up law enforcement officers to focus on criminals, drug dealers, terrorists, and others who mean us harm. A temporary worker programme would also improve security by creating tamper-proof identification cards, so we can keep track of every temporary worker who is here on a legal basis and identify those who are not. A new temporary worker programme should not provide amnesty. Granting amnesty would be unfair to those who follow the rules and obey the laws. Amnesty would also be unwise, because it would encourage others to break the law and create new waves of illegal immigration."
File: Arivaca, Arizona, near US/Mexico border, Recent
2. Border patrol and a line of illegal immigrants
3. Shot of US/Mexico boarder, cars waiting in line
4. Wide shot of border crossing
5. Four men walking along a fence between Mexico and the US
STORYLINE:
In his weekly radio address, U.S. President George W. Bush on Saturday blamed Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid for the potentially fatal blow he dealt to the immigration legislation which is currently being debated by the US government.
The landmark bill, which would offer eventual citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants, fell victim on Friday to internal disputes in both parties.
Bush sought to place all the blame on Reid, who refused to permit votes on more than three Republican-backed amendments.
In his radio address Bush tried once again to explain the current immigration proposal, and why he feels it is needed.
Hailed as a bipartisan breakthrough earlier in the week, the immigration measure would have provided for stronger border security, regulated the future entry of foreign workers and created a complex new set of regulations for the estimated 11 million immigrants in the country illegally.
Officials said an estimated 9 million immigrants who could show they had been in the United States for more than two years, would eventually become eligible for citizenship under the current proposal.

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