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George Allen Splits with Bush on Immigration
Sen. George Allen split with President Bush over the illegal immigration crisis on Sunday, making him the only likely 2008 presidential candidate to back an "enforcement first" approach to border security. "I think it's vitally important that we first and foremost recognize that there's a consensus in America that we need to secure our borders," Allen told ABC's "This Week." "I don't think that we ought to be passing anything that rewards illegal behavior or amnesty," he said, before adding pointedly: "Is that different than the president's position? Apparently so." Allen said that the Bush guest worker program would amount to "rewarding illegal behavior . . . It allows those who are here illegally then to get in line to become a citizen. If we have a reward for illegal behavior all we'll get is more illegal behavior. I want us to secure our borders." On the possibility of a guest worker program, the 2008 presidential hopeful explained:
Story Continues Below "It may be several years down the road or months down the road - we can get a consensus on how you handle a good temporary worker system." To halt the flow of illegals into the country, Allen told "This Week" that he favored using more detention facilities, unmanned aerial vehicles and a border fence. "I think you can have an actual fence in some places and in other places a virtual fence . . . Key areas, I think, need to have an actual fence." But Virginia Republican warned: "We have neglected, as a government, the first responsibility - and that's to secure the border . . . first and foremost, we need to secure our borders." Near the end of the interview Allen concluded: "We are a country of immigrants but we're also a country of laws." Editor's note:
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