President touts alien citizenship; 'Can't kick' out illegals, Bush says.(NATION)

Washington Times, The, October, 2006

Byline: Stephen Dinan, THE WASHINGTON TIMES On the heels of signing a bill to boost border security funding, President Bush yesterday said immigration reform requires granting citizenship to current illegal aliens. "You can't kick 12 million people out of your country," Mr. Bush said at the White House celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.

"We must figure out a way to say to those that if you're lawful and if you've contributed to the United States of America, there is a way for you to eventually earn citizenship." Since this spring, Mr. Bush has been a supporter of allowing some illegal aliens to earn citizenship, and he backed a Senate plan that divided immigrants, giving longtime illegal aliens a chance for citizenship while withholding that chance...