Bush Could Use Political Capital on Immigration
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President Bush appears ready to  spend some of his newly gained political capital on immigration  reform but could run up against fierce opposition from  conservatives in his own Republican Party, analysts said on  Thursday.
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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona  - President George W. Bush signed a law on Wednesday that will pay for hundreds of miles of new fences along the U.S.-Mexico border, a move against illegal immigration that Republicans had sought before next month's congressional elections.
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President-elect Felipe Calderon said Thursday that one of his top priorities will be trying to win an immigration accord in the U.S. Congress before President Bush leaves office.
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President George W. Bush pledged Friday to spend some of the political capital from his re-election trying to secure a lasting Middle East peace, and he envisioned the establishment
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President Bush is vowing to push ahead with his proposal to grant temporary work visas to some illegal immigrants despite opposition from his conservative base.
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President Bush urged lawmakers Saturday to "summon the political courage" to support his top domestic priority, an immigration overhaul that is hanging by a thread in Congress.
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President Bush, hoping to salvage immigration overhaul legislation, has agreed to an upfront infusion of money for federal border security efforts in a concession designed to win over skeptical conservatives.
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President George W. Bush said Thursday that he earned &quot;political capital&quot; from the 59 million people who voted for him and will use it to advance a broad agenda that includes protecting America and reforming the intelligence community, the tax code and
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CAPITOL HILL Lawmakers are considering the idea of allowing foreign-born American citizens, like California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, to become president.
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President Bush's trip was aimed at improving cooperation on trade, border security and terrorism.
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GUATEMALA CITY, March 12 -- President Bush defended a recent surge of deportations that have inflamed passions here in Latin America, but vowed Monday to redouble efforts to overhaul immigration laws and called on the Senate to pass comprehensive legislation by summer.
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Facing a rapidly growing backlog of immigration cases, the Bush administration will grant permanent residency to tens of thousands of legal U.S. immigrants without first completing required background checks against the FBI's investigative files.
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President Bush, in an Oval Office meeting Tuesday with Salvadoran President Tony Saca, pushed for immigration reform and nudged Congress to pass a guest worker program that would allow immigrants to seek temporary work visas.
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Why the President may still have a shot at fulfilling his promise to fix America's broken immigration system
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Key senators tentatively agreed on a plan to revive a stalled immigration bill on Thursday, aided by President Bush's support for a quick $4.4 billion aimed at "securing our borders and enforcing our laws at the work site."
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The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to revive a stalled immigration overhaul backed by President George W. Bush that would offer a path to citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday backed an attempt to jump-start stalled legislation to overhaul U.S. immigration laws by increasing spending on fencing and other border security measures.