Bush: No "E Pluribus Duum"

Comment: Good read on the President's view of immigration reform.

Latin Lesson: President Bush makes the case for immigration reform

Excerpt:

Say what you will about George W. Bush's plans for immigration reform, you can't accuse him of failing to understand what it is that inspires such emotion in this debate. Sitting among the optimistic yellows of the Oval Office, the president is quick to zero in on what has caused so many in his party to reject his efforts. "I think people worry that this round of immigration will create two Americas," he says, simply. Or, in his further explanation: "E Pluribus Duum."

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President Bush spends much of the conversation explaining why ... conservatives of every stripe should see the value of immigration reform. On the economic side, Mr. Bush points out that this is "a free-market question. Absolutely." Studies have shown that immigrants add some $10 billion annually in net economic output. Meanwhile, our unemployment rate is about 4.5%; we created an estimated 130,000 new jobs in May. The president notes that "most of the immigrants coming are doing jobs Americans aren't doing." "Our economy thrives based on capital investment, kind of an entrepreneurship, good fiscal policy, but also willing workers who do jobs that, oftentimes, Americans simply do not want to do."

Comment: Wiki on E Pluribus Unum which means "Out of many, One"