This is the Presidents job because of several reasons. First he is entrusted with teh enforcement of the laws through the attorney general who reports to him. There have been no prosecutions for perjury for those employing guest workers in violation of the law. Sworn statement no American is available for the position. Illegal immigrants work in the USA openly. The executive branch of government of which the president is the chief officer is charged with conducting foreign policy and that branch has continued subsidies for overseas investment, it has sponsored continuation of MFN status for China even though through currency manipulation, tariffs and non tariff barriers China has repeatedly engaged in predatory trade practices in the USA.
I note there were 30,000 new H1B visas approved so far this year. many of these were in IT. this industry already has over 100,000 unemployed and the rules of teh H1B visa program state an empoyer must swear there are no Americans available for the job.
These are jsut some of the reasons that GWB had better get to work to take this issue away from the Democrats or else we will eb stuck with RAT rule. I personally do not wish to see that.
The problem here is that there is no issue to take away from the Democrats -- none of the Democratic front-runners is going to change this country's visa, immigration, and tariff policies.
What you are saying is that GWB had better get to work to take this issue away from Pat Buchanan and Ralph Nader -- the only two people who have campaigned on it in the past. I would point out to you that these two combined for about 4% of the popular vote in 2000.