In an article by The Washington Post on Friday, President Bush has decided to try and push for immigration laws to be modified by 2008. The modifications would involve millions of illegal immigrants, rather than being deported or fired, to be permitted to continue working in their jobs across the United States. However, some senators have other plans:

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), whom Bush helped elect as party
leader, is threatening to bring a new immigration bill to the Senate floor early
next week. It would tighten control of the nation's borders without creating the
guest-worker program the president wants. Meanwhile, Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), a
rival of Frist's for the Republican nomination, is promoting Bush's call for
tougher border security and the guest-worker program as he embraces the
president to shore up his standing with Republican leaders. In the House, Rep.
Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) is garnering support for a long-shot presidential bid
with his fierce anti-immigration rhetoric.

Similarily to this was the Chinese Immigration Act, where in the beginning of the 20th century Chinese immigrants were not allowed to enter any borders of the United States. As a result, animosity grew between Asian countries and the United States.