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For Immediate Release
Press Gaggle by Scott Mcclellan
Q Scott, on this weekend, immigration is something that the
President sort of made a big deal out of this new policy before we went
down to Mexico, but we haven't heard a lot about it since. What are
you saying -- what is the President going to say to President Fox about
the prospects for that proposal?
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, you're going to hear from them afterwards,
and I imagine that's an issue they will address at their press
availability. But the President is strongly committed to moving
forward on a temporary worker program that meets our economic needs in
this country, and also, at the same time, provides for more humane
treatment of those who are here now, working in this country. They did
not have the protections that other workers do at this point. But this
is talking about providing for jobs to be filled when there are not --
there are no Americans to fill those jobs.
Q Scott, given that both the House and the Senate say they will
not take this up, what is the President going to do to move forward on
that --
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, he's going to continue to talk about the
importance of acting on it. We are continuing to work with Congress to
work on legislation that meets the principles that the President
outlined.
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