From the AP, discussing the Scripps Howard Texas Poll:

A vast majority of Texans believe illegal immigration from Mexico is a serious problem, but they are split over President Bush's plan to provide undocumented workers with temporary work visas...

Eighty-six percent of those surveyed... said illegal immigration is a very serious or somewhat serious problem. Ni
e percent said it is not very serious and four percent said it is not serious at all.

Meanwhile, 48 percent of the respondents said they favored Bush's plan to allow undocumented workers to stay in the United States for several years working at jobs Americans don't want as long as the immigrants return to their native countries. Forty-five percent opposed the plan.

Bush's plan has the most support among Hispanics, with 55 percent favoring the proposal and 40 percent opposing it. Forty-nine percent of Anglos support Bush's plan and 45 percent are opposed. Fifty-six percent of blacks oppose the plan while 37 percent support it... Sixty-nine percent of Texans said the U.S. government is not doing enough to stop unauthorized immigration.

"Anglos?" But, I digress.

This poll's results would be even more opposed to Bush's plan if more facts about the plan and our laws had been provided.

For instance, consider this: "48 percent of the respondents said they favored Bush's plan to allow undocumented workers to stay in the United States for several years working at jobs Americans don't want as long as the immigrants return to their native countries."

There's no such thing as a "job Americans don't want." There are only wages and conditions Americans won't accept. Most Americans wouldn't sign up for slavery, indentured servitude, or dangerous jobs that should be done by machines.

And, the poll's respondents should have been reminded about birthright citizenship. Those guestworkers will have children, those children will be U.S. citizens, and that means they're not going home.

If those facts had been figured into the poll, there probably would have been 70% opposed to Bush/Fox Amnesty.
There's a more detailed article, complete with quotes from Daniel Griswold and others and a nifty graphic, here. It includes this Griswold chestnut:

"In some ways, it's a common sense answer," Griswold said. "We have more people here illegally than ever before. What the government is doing to stem illegal immigration has failed."

Bravo Sierra, good buddy. The fact is the government has abandoned workplace enforcement. In FY2002, just 13 (thirteen) companies were fined for violating our immigration laws.

I have a feeling that if Daniel Griswold had lived 150 years ago one of his arguments would be "But, the South's economy will collapse."