Unionists pan Bush immigrant workers plan
1/9/2004. Workday Minnesota
op unionists involved in immigration issues panned the latest Bush administration plan dealing with both undocumented immigrant workers already in the United States and with people who want to come here to work. AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, Laborers President Terence O'Sullivan and others said Bush helped businesses that exploit undocumented workers, but not the workers themselves....

Bush Seeks Changes to Immigration Policy
1/9/2004. Here and Now
If President Gorge Bush has his way, up to 12 million undocumented foreign workers could be allowed to work legally in the United States. His proposal, expected to be unveiled later today, could have important political ramifications for the president with supporters and detractors on the right and left. Wall Street Journal reporter Greg Hitt is covering the story, and he joins Here and Now...

Bush's immigration plan under fire
1/9/2004. The Baltimore Sun
Local labor and immigrant advocacy groups in Baltimore yesterday sharply criticized President Bush's proposed changes in U.S. immigration law, saying the reform benefits only employers and could create more problems for immigrant workers....

President Bush�s Plan For Immigrants:
1/8/2004. New York Immigration Coalition
Yesterday, President Bush proposed a new temporary worker program as the centerpiece of his Administration�s efforts to reform the nation�s immigration system. Immigrant, labor and religious leaders from around New York State held a press conference today to blast the President�s proposed program, demanding a reform package from the White House that provides a path to citizenship for immigrant workers and addresses the enormous backlogs and service delays in other parts of the immigration system. ...

Asian Pacific American Workers Disappointed with President Bush's Immigration Plans
1/8/2004. Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
The proposed changes to immigration laws announced by President Bush are a "huge disappointment for immigrant workers and all Americans", said Luisa Blue, President of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, a national Coalition of Asian American and Pacific Islander union members and their supporters....

Bush Immigration Principles Fail to Provide Real Relief for Immigrant Families
1/8/2004. National Grassroots Legalization Collaborative
President Bush announced that his Administration would look to offer of a temporary foreign worker program that would provide status to undocumented immigrants and foreign workers who are employed (or would be) in the U.S. Many immigrant rights advocates and immigrant communities are skeptical and feel the announcement falls short of a genuine legalization proposal for the millions of undocumented immigrants currently in the U.S. Instead, the principles continue to scapegoat immigrants by prioritizing �National Security� policies that have lead to the criminalization, detention, and deportation of thousands having nothing to do with terrorism....

PCUN, CAUSA, Oppose Bush Immigration Reform
1/8/2004. PCUN & CAUSA
PCUN, Oregon�s farmworker union, and CAUSA, Oregon�s immigrant rights coalition, join hundreds of immigrant rights organizations across the country in expressing our disappointment in and opposition to President Bush�s immigration reform plan announced January 7th....

The President�s Temporary Foreign Worker Proposal Is Ill-Conceived
1/8/2004. Farmworker Justice Fund
The President�s proposal in his immigration policy speech on Wednesday was vague but is specific enough for us to know that he is essentially proposing a new era of indentured servants. This nation has experimented with indentured servitude and �guestworker� programs; they failed miserably and caused great misery. His proposal should be rejected as inconsistent with our nation�s democratic traditions and our history as a nation of immigrants....

Bush plan gets mixed reviews locally
1/8/2004. The Desert Sun
The change would be sweeping: temporary legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants working in the United States. But Coachella Valley residents on both sides of the immigration issue were still grappling with the proposal�s implications-- and their thoughts -- on the president�s plan. ...

Immigrant proposal nets a host of criticisms
1/8/2004. The Vindicator
President Bush's immigration proposal got a mostly cool response from those who grapple with the issue, with conservatives saying it goes too far, immigrant rights groups saying it doesn't go far enough and some Hispanic groups calling it a hollow electioneering ploy. ...