Is President Bush encouraging Hispanics to illegally enter the United States?
Dr. Baldwin responded to this question on April 23, 2004 in an article entitles, Bush Amnesty Plan Producing Huge Increases of Illegal Aliens as follows: “Recent press reports say that illegal immigration is skyrocketing since President Bush announced his amnesty plan. For example, World Net Daily reported, ‘U.S. Border Patrol officials report a 15 percent increase in the use of fraudulent documents at the world’s busiest land border crossing [San Ysidro].’ The WND report continued by saying that Bush’s amnesty program ‘represents an invitation for more illegal immigration.’ The report also said, ‘More than half of those caught using phony documents say the president’s offer of de facto amnesty motivated them to attempt to sneak in the United States. A Washington Times report said basically the same thing: ‘The number of illegal aliens being apprehended on the southwestern border has jumped 25 percent in the first three months of 2004 compared with last year, and some are blaming Presi
