Bush has long pushed for easing restrictions on Mexican workers crossing the border, whether legally or in a mad dash under cover of darkness. It is currently estimated that there are around three million illegal immigrants currently working in the United States.

The controversial idea even includes a plan to deduct payroll taxes from immigrant's checks, which on the surface sounds okay. The problem lies in the fact the money would not go to the U.S. Treasury, but instead to a special fund that would be sent back to the families of the workers.

"This is just plain outrageous," claims Joe Kizahnyu from the International Brotherhood of Labor and Unions, "not only is the president trying to legitimize illegal workers who are stealing American jobs, but now the money they earn doesn't even go back into the U.S. economy."

White House press secretary Ari Fleischer scoffed at such allegations, claiming that illegal workers "only take the low-paying, crappy jobs that snotty Americans don't want to do themselves."

Still, critics question why the president has focused so much attention upon our neighbor to the south while the U.S. plunges out of favor with other international allies.

"It's quite simples really," Bush was quoted as saying to reporters, "the Mexican peoples needs a place to go and work. I really don't care how they get here, I just want them to have the ability to stay and make as much money as they can."