Bush promotes immigration reform at Hispanic prayer breakfast
Submitted on June 8, 2006 - 12:00am.
Austin B. Bogues - Hampton Short Course 2006
WASHINGTON - Moments after making remarks about the death of Iraqi insurgency leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, President Bush switched gears and promoted his immigration reform agenda at the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast.
“There's a reasonable way to uphold our laws and treat people with respect,” Bush said, “and that is this: if you've paid your taxes, you've been here for a while, you can prove that you've been working, you've got a clean background; if you want to become a citizen, you pay a fine, you learn English, you learn the values and ideals of America that have made us one nation under God.”
“There's a reasonable way to uphold our laws and treat people with respect,” Bush said, “and that is this: if you've paid your taxes, you've been here for a while, you can prove that you've been working, you've got a clean background; if you want to become a citizen, you pay a fine, you learn English, you learn the values and ideals of America that have made us one nation under God.”
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