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21.03.06, 19:37
Ireland asks Bush for alien amnesty
When the Irish prime minister urged President Bush yesterday to grant amnesty
to illegal Irish aliens in the United States, he was just the latest in a
line of foreign leaders to beg the president to relax immigration rules.
Before handing over a bowl of shamrocks in the traditional St. Patrick's Day
ceremony involving U.S. and Irish leaders, Prime Minister Bertie Ahern asked
Mr. Bush to push for a way for "current Irish immigrants to legalize their
status in the United States on a permanent basis."
That sort of lobbying, which comes as Congress is debating what to do about
illegal aliens and new temporary workers, has become a standard plea from
foreign leaders meeting with Mr. Bush.
While some nations, such as Ireland and Mexico, want citizenship for their
illegal alien nationals, others want the United States to lift the caps for
temporary student or worker visas.
That was the request Mr. Bush heard earlier this week from the Slovak
Republic's prime minister
