Of course the unions while howl like banshees. All their screaming about "American sovereignty" disguises the fact that Mexicans are willing to work for less than Americans. Mexicans introduce efficiency and discipline to a US work force that has become fat, lazy, bloated and inefficient.
These Mexicans are the best way to destroy the creeping socialism/protectionism that is infecting the US economy
So let's pass the president's proposal. The business communtiy likes it, the Hispanics like it, the unions hate it, as do Hilary and Pat Buchanan. Sounds like a sure fire winner to me!
They are here illegally. Passing anything that looks, smells, or can be reasonably spun as an amnesty will simply encourage more illegal immigration, unless we can secure the border.