The White House is placing new emphasis on border enforcement to improve the prospects for President Bush’s plan to provide temporary guest worker status to illegal immigrants.
The new focus, Sen. John Cornyn and others say, is a result of what the White House has heard from key members of Congress: No immigration liberalization plan will pass without first tackling tougher enforcement.
“What’s been missing in the discussion about immigration reform is a strong commitment to border security,” said Cornyn, a Texas Republican who chairs the Senate immigration subcommittee. Cornyn predicted the White House would soon issue its priorities for border enforcement….





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