Tense immigration talk dampens Bush’s visit

Carolyn Hileman* | March 13, 2007

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) — President Bush’s message of goodwill in Latin America ran into a wall in Guatemala on Monday, as his defense of U.S. immigration law met with disapproval from his hosts. Bush’s meetings in Guatemala City with President Oscar Berger, a conservative leader who has become a strong U.S. ally, were dominated by trade and the difficult issue of immigration policy. Bush pleased Guatemalans by promising to push hard, and quickly, for changes that would include a temporary-worker program for illegal workers in the United States. He said he thinks it is possible to wrest legislation out of the U.S. Congress, still deeply divided over the issue, by August. But he gave no ground in the face of questions over deportations of illegal workers, such as a raid in Massachusetts last week.

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