President Bush recently laid out his plan to import many more foreign workers to take American jobs while visiting the U.S.-Mexico border.

The President clearly stated during his visit that "securing our borders is essential to securing the homeland," and he even made some good remarks in support of increased border patrol and workplace verification.

However, he went on to endorse a massive guestworker proposal, although he denied it is an amnesty. The President said, "We're going to create a temporary worker program that will take pressure off the border, bring workers from out of the shadows, and reject amnesty."

The President didn't offer any substantive details about his guestworker program other than the following, "This program would create a legal way to match willing foreign workers with willing American employers to fill jobs that Americans will not do. Workers would be able to register for legal status for a fixed period of time, and then be required to go home. This program would help meet the demands of a growing economy, and it would allow honest workers to provide for their families while respecting the law."

On November 28th, 2005, he once again endorsed a massive guestworker proposal.

"As we enforce our immigration laws, comprehensive immigration reform also requires us to improve those laws by creating a new temporary worker program," Bush said during the speech he gave on November 28th in Tucson, Arizona. "And, together with Congress, we're going to create a temporary worker program that will take pressure off the border, bring workers from out of the shadows, and reject amnesty."

While it is encouraging that the President appears to be finally getting serious about border security, it is disappointing that he remains steadfast in his support of a massive new foreign guestworker program which he continues to deny is indeed an amnesty.