On A Temporary Worker Program:
"I propose a new temporary worker program that will match willing foreign workers with willing American employers…This program will offer legal status, as temporary workers, to the millions of undocumented men and women now employed in the United States…Some temporary workers will make the decision to pursue American citizenship. Those who make this choice will be allowed to apply."
— George W. Bush, speech, "President Bush Proposes New Temporary Work Program," January 7, 2004.

On Reduction in Legal Immigration Levels:
"Our current limits on legal immigration are too low. My administration will work with the Congress to increase the annual number of green cards that can lead to citizenship."
— George W. Bush, speech at the East Room, "President Bush Proposes New Temporary Work Program," January 7, 2004.

On Limiting Benefits for Illegal Aliens:
Bush said that he was "against the spirit of the anti-immigrant Proposition 187 for my state."
— Harold Meyerson, "Irrational Exuberance," LA Weekly, July 9, 1999.

Bush’s Speech On His Temporary Worker Program
President Bush Proposes New Temporary Worker Program
Remarks by the President on Immigration Policy
(President George W. Bush. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/)

Miscellaneous Quotes by George W. Bush on Immigration

“I am saddened when the land of the free sends a young boy back to communist Cuba without a fair hearing in family court. My thoughts and prayers are with the entire Gonzalez family, and I hope that one day Elian will live in a free Cuba and be able to choose for himself whether to return to America.”
Source: Press Release, “Statement on Elian” Jun 28, 2000

During his first campaign swing through California in June, Bush said he was “against the spirit” of Proposition 187-which in part would prevent illegal immigrants from attending public schools-and would not have supported a similar measure for Texas. “I felt like every child ought to be educated regardless of the status of their parents,” he said.
Source: David Von Drehle, The Washington Post Oct 15, 1999