President Bush rejects amnesty

President Bush "said he was opposed to amnesty or automatic citizenship for the some 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States" at a news conference Tuesday, according to the American Free Press.

Bush "ruled out amnesty for illegal immigrants but said he favored a "guest worker" program that would provide legal status for workers for a limited time period.

"In my judgment, amnesty would be the wrong course of action," Bush told a news conference.

He said "a whole industry" of exploitation had emerged with workers being smuggled across the US border in dangerous conditions.

Asked about those undocumented workers who have lived in the US for more than a decade, Bush said: "One of the issues is going to be to deal with somebody whose family has been here for a while, raised a family, and that'll be an interesting debate.

'My answer is: That person shouldn't get automatic citizenship'."