Part Two 906 words
The Recipe for Perfect Immigration Policy
Congress scattered the ingredients across several bills
We can register every illegal, secure our borders, reduce USCIS caseloads, and even fix Social Security, all without driving down wages, taking citizens' jobs, straining welfare, rolling up the welcome mat at the Statue of Liberty, or erasing "love thy neighbor as thyself" from the American character 
By Dave Leach (Dave Leach is listed in “Who’s Who in Media and Communications”. Write to him at HispanicHope@Saltshaker.US.
Translation into Spanish by Gabriela G. Buenrostro, former newspaper and magazine journalist and writer, and former host Zero Radio Show in Mexico City. (Write to her at Gabriela@Saltshaker.US)

Part Two. President Bush Understands the Battle Ahead
Bush is fully aware of the opposition, and yet he continues to announce his coming push. At his news conference January 26, 2005, he had this exchange with a reporter:
Question: "Mr. President, the Senate Republicans recently listed their priorities, and immigration reform wasn't on it. Do you think this means it's dead for this year? And why -- "
Bush: "No, I don't, Bennett."
Question: " -- are you having so much trouble with your own party on this?"
Bush: "No, I appreciate that question. It will be one of my priorities. I believe it's necessary to reform the immigration system. I'm against amnesty; I've made that very clear. On the other hand, I do want to recognize a system where a willing worker and a willing employer are able to come together in a way that enables people to find work without jeopardizing a job that an American would otherwise want to do.
"I also happen to believe immigration reform is necessary to help make it easier to protect our borders. The system right now spawns coyotes and smugglers and, you know, people willing to break the law to get people in our country.
"There is a vast network of kind of shadowy traffickers. And I believe by making a -- by advancing a program that -- that enables people to come into our country in a legal way to work for a period of time, for jobs that Americans won't do, will help make it easier for us to secure our borders. And so -- "
Question: "Why the resistance in your party so much to this?"
Bush: "Well, I -- you know, I think -- I'm looking forward to discussing it with members of both parties. I believe it's a very important issue that we need to address. After -- you know, I've had a lot of experience with -- dealing with borders, as the governor of Texas. I know there's a compassionate, humane way of -- way to deal with this issue. I want to remind people that family values do not stop at the Rio Grande River. People are coming to our country to do jobs that Americans won't do, to be able to feed their families. And I think there's a humane way to recognize that, at the same time protect our borders and at the same way (sic) to make sure that we don't disadvantage who have stood in line for years to become a legal citizen. And I'm looking forward to working with people of both parties on the issue." (Excerpt from transcript on the New York Times website.)
If we do not get involved now, how long will we have to wait for another U.S. President with some heart for Hispanic immigrants, with a vision more creative than building a 50-foot wall from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico, who is willing to wrestle the U.S. Congress to the ground over it?
Frankly, if we don't get involved, the President and the handful of likeminded Congressmen will be limited in what they can accomplish. Their only hope is to educate citizens and inspire them to contact opposing Congressmen.
We can help the President jump start this process.
Our voices are actually loudest now, if we publicly discuss potential bill details before the President unveils his own specifics.
If we can suggest solutions neither he nor sympathetic congressmen may have thought of, it will be easier for them to adopt our ideas before they have publicly committed themselves to different ideas. We should therefore not wait until they publicly commit themselves.
We can assure them that there are enough politically aware people, willing to contact their congressmen, (and to vote), to make difficult but crucial details politically viable. They know that details are important. They know the whole purpose of their legislation could fail just because of not being able to educate enough people to get Congress to insert a particular detail. But they also know few news sources will report on many details, no matter how well they explain them. It is up to us, therefore, to educate each other.
Your assignments for next week, while you are waiting for the next issue
1. Make a list of friends to share the next important issue with, and call this newspaper with the number of extra issues you will need, so the newspaper will know how many extras to print.
2. Sharpen your pencils, buy a roll of stamps, and a ream of paper, so you will be ready to write to the President and your Congressmen. And also so you can write to this newspaper with your ideas, that we may learn from each other and refine our vision.
Next week: Part Three: The Details of the Dream Immigration Bill.