Bush gave strong support to a plan that would give many of the 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States an eventual path to possible citizenship a move derided by some conservatives in his own Republican Party as amnesty.

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In a speech on Wednesday, he gave the government credit for its "strong support and commitment, " calling it essential for the new college.

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Recent consultations inside his own party are said to have shown strong support for the existing system the three best arguments for keeping it being that it gave Labour a majority of 179 in the last general election.

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