A Bush administration proposal to grant amnesty to more than a million illegal Mexican immigrants has stirred controversy among millions of other non-Mexican immigrants. Under the proposal, some illegal Mexican immigrants would be granted legal residency if they lived and worked for a certain period of time and future immigrants would be able to attain legal residency through a guest-worker program. Minority groups are protesting the special treatment Mexicans are receiving due to Mexico’s proximity to the United States and Bush’s hopes to "score a foreign-policy triumph" with Mexican President, Vicente Fox.
See "Other Immigrants, Envying Mexicans, Demand a Break, Too", Eric Schmitt, The New York Times, July 25, 2001