Bush's insight should help guide the two nations toward a sensible immigration policy, something that the two countries need. As governor of a state that shares more than 800 miles of border with Mexico, Bush has worked closely with Mexican officials on a variety of subjects. Bush, who is fluent in Spanish, also comes from a state with a high percentage of citizens whose families once immigrated from Mexico to Texas. Fox was one of Mexico's leading business executives before running for the presidency and overturning Mexico's ruling political party. Current immigration laws fail to recognize the reality of illegal immigration.
Current laws hurt both countries.
These laws also cause unnecessary hardships on people struggling to feed their families. Another Texan who understands the need to reform the nation's immigration laws is U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, who recently visited Fox and other Mexican officials. Gramm was among several U.S. senators who traveled to Mexico to talk about immigration problems, among other topics. Undocumented workers flood into the United States illegally every year to work at jobs Americans will not take. American companies, farms, ranches and other employers depend on this labor.