Real Immigration Reform or Straw Man?

Without teeth for non-compliance, the proposal is a straw man.

Bush's speech tonight was several years late. However, I believe he is right on not deporting all illegal aliens. I get pictures of people being packed into box cars.
Unfortunately, our elected leadership has failed to insist that immigration laws for two decades and we think there are about 12 million illegals in the country.

By default, then, I'm for some temporary worker program. However, the one thing that seems to be missing is "What are the penalties for failing to register as a temporary workers?" In the speech, no penalties were mentioned. Why not have a temporary worker program that requires registration by a certain date. Anyone who does not register should be immediately deported. No excuses.

Path to citizenship? Maybe. But fix the borders and then insist that laws be obeyed first.