Many people are coming to this country for economic reasons. They're coming here to work. If you can make 50 cents in the heart of Mexico, for example, or make $5 here in America, $5.15, you're going to come here if you're worth your salt, if you want to put food on the table for your families. And that's what's happening.

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, George W. Bush: 2001- (ed. Government Printing Office, 2003) - ISBN: 9780160512636