Commenting more broadly on Mr. Bush's approach, Mr. Hattaway said: "Bush is clearly trying to make himself out to be a different kind of Republican by appearing friendly to immigrants.
The conventional wisdom is that a physical barrier is less friendly to immigrants and symbolically insulting to Mexico.
Consider that Mr. Huckabee was the one Republican candidate who seemed even friendlier to immigrants, including illegal ones, than Mr. McCain.
— Over the past few years, statehouses around the country have tried to rein in cities deemed too friendly to undocumented immigrants.
WASHINGTON -- Immigration hard-liners in the House made it clear Tuesday that they're willing to put up a fight over even the smallest measures friendly to undocumented immigrants.
Union officials say they have a shot at getting the law changed because Democrats and Republicans often try to show how friendly they are to immigrants, especially Hispanic immigrants.
"We were a lot more immigrant-friendly in those days than we were friendly to people of colour," says Watt. "We all recognised that we all came from some place else.
The immigrants in favor of slavery generally moved to Indiana where the government was friendly to slaveholders.
